Wooooaaahhh, is this actually an update? Ha, believe it or not, I am alive, although my mom is the only person that seems to be worried about my lack of posts :-D Hi Mom!

So, Hood to Coast is quickly approaching (end of August), and I am getting hella excited. Our team name is Grueling pace ... meager rations. I had a total Steph moment yesterday when I realized just how appropriate the team name was because the race is in Oregon. Anyway, I am pushing for team shirts in which we all elaborate on the various maladies that we suffered from. The possiblities are endless: "I barely recovered from dysentery outside of Walla Walla," "I almost drowned fording the Snake River," or "I had a near death experience by ox-trampling."


In other news, I came across a modern day Oregon Trail remake while surfing the internet for pictures. It's called Thule Trail. It's free to play!



I have decided to drive up to Oregon since I might as well take advantage of my ultra low emission vehicle, which I only drive about once a week. Seriously, I have owned the car for almost a year and have only driven about 3500 miles. I'm hoping to get a few days off of work to make a little vacation of it. We're going to stay a couple of days in Cannon Beach, OR, after the race. Christine, one of the girls on our team, found this cute little beach town.



Then, the tentative plan is to spend a couple of nights in Portland and/or Seattle. Jon is moving out to Monterey sometime in August, and I hope that he'll be able to come along.

That's about it. Brandy was here last weekend for the Wildflower Tri. She kicked ass in the Long Course. Brandywine, I miss you.