Starlight Mountain Theatre

I've received a few recommendations over the past few weeks to go see a show at the Starlight Mountain Theatre. So, a little spur of the moment, I got a couple of tickets for Matt and I to go watch Oklahoma. It was great! OK - maybe not Idaho Shakesphere Festival caliber - but really good nonetheless. The theatre is about an hour from Boise up in Garden Valley. It is an open air theatre and is pretty amazing how quickly that Mountain air can cool down. So...if anyone is looking for something to do one evening...I would recommend it. Nice drive...nice fresh air....fun actors...what's not to like. (Oh - the popcorn was good too!)



After the show we set out looking for a campsite. Yeah right!...Friday night at 11:00...like you're going to find one! But after a couple of tries we did! And it was the only one left! We were thinking we were all lucky (which we were) and as we were setting up our tent, a whiff from the privy let up know WHY it was the only spot left! We stayed anyway. It wasn't really THAT bad (until the sun hit it in the morning!). Ahh the results of poor planning! We were able to ride our bikes up to silver creek lookout the next day. Lots of climbing and the smoke (from California) kind of ruined the view...but it's always fun to get to the top of something! And the soak in the cool Payette was quite refreshing afterword!

So there you have it...the weekend in a nutshell:)

A week out of the heat:)

Here's a few highlights in pictures from our Cruise in the inside passage of Alaska. We left from Seattle and visited Juneau, Skagway, Tracy Arm Fjord, Ketchikan, and Victoria B.C. It was a great time and highly recommend to those who want to see great mountain/ocean scenery and wildlife (although I didn't spot a bear which I'm kind of bummed about) Oh - and the night shows and food (of course!) were all really great too!

Also - here is a video of our "wave pool" on one of the more interesting days on the cruise. The ocean was just a little choppy - let's just say the sanitization crew was out in full force on that day. I'm not one to get car sick or sea sick so it was actually kind of fun trying to get around.

So there you have it...a great way to get out of the heat! Luckily we have a cold front moving in. It should cool it down to all of 90 degrees haha!

Happy Birthday Caitlyn....yesterday!

My baby sis is now a teenager! Yikes! At least my parents have been there done that before! Right?

So some things I love about Caitlyn....

She ALWAYS answers the phone (even after one ring)....no phone screening there!

She is fun to tease...don't know if she enjoyes it so much but still fun.

She has the cutest freckles on her cheeks EVER! Look out when her sweet 16th rolls around boys!

She runs in track....what's not to love about THAT?

She has a sweet spirit and strives to do right when everyone else around her isn't (Never change girlie!)

I'm greatful to have Caitlyn as my little sis. I wish I got to see her more often! Love Ya!

I wonder why they call it Fanny Bridge??

What you see when you drive across....

What you see when you show YOUR fanny!

The bridge was right outside of Taho City. The trout were huge. There were little "candy machines" with fish food so we fed them. It was so funny to see them jump out of the water to get the food. Wish I had a fishing pole..... :)

So the race was a good time. Yeah..... 178 miles a good time?? But it really was a fun experience. Especially running in the dark as I don't make a habit of doing that often. We all did pretty well for our individual projected times. Not too competitive as a team but it's the fun and challange of it that counts. Now some of us are planning on doing Spokane to Sandpoint relay. I'm not sure if it is a first time event. I can't seem to find out any information on last years event. So who knows...maybe we'll be making history!

At the finish! Go CMARS!

Viva Reno?

OK so it's not Las Vegas, but we are going to Reno in early june to do this race!

http://www.renotahoeodyssey.com/

I'm pretty excited. A run/walk group that I do massage therapy for needed some more team members so Matt and I are going to run with them. We have a team of 12 and each run 3 legs for a total of 168ish miles. I have legs 5, 17, and 29. I'm pretty sure leg 17 is going to be in the dark...um nightblindness......think good thoughts for me ;) I've never been to Reno/Taho so it will be pretty fun. I think we may take a few extra days and go check out San Fran, the redwoods, or yosemite. Should be a good time.

Mostly Better

So most of my "injuries" seem to be quite better. The one that still is getting me is the one inside my head. I've only been out on a short little ride once and on the rollers twice since my accident. I'm like totally scared to get back to riding. Especially by myself! The weather throughout most of March didn't help any, but still. Accidents kind of mess you up I think! So I took my bike into a nice little bike shop down in Eagle (Reeds) today for a tune up and some re-taping of my handle bars (they felt the burn from the road too!). So with any luck, it will motivate me to get out of this rut. The weather sounds like it might be decent this weekend. Time will tell:)
Till Later-

A Little Tumble -

So I don't even know how it happend or what took me down. I remember thinking "I'm going down! I don't think I can stop this!" Then I was flipping and tumbling while still "attatched" to my bike. All I have to say is that helmets work! So wear one! I think I may have hit one of those lovely patches of sand that plague the shoulders of the road this time of year. We had a lot of "sanding" during the winter. It snowed and got icy quite often. Anyways I lived to tell the tell...bumps, bruises, raspberries (which looks quite nice on my chin, i must say) and all. I think if you are going to crash, winter/early spring is a good time to do it. At least it was a little cold so I had some extra gear on for protection. I would really have been a mess! Till later:)