Nice Weekend

When thinking of a title, I (E) thought to myself;

"Myself, how do you title such a nice weekend?"

"Well I, that seems like a good way."

So there's your title.



What made it so nice? Good friends, good weather, good training, good food and good beer.

Good Friends
Since the Sunny was in town, we had a BBQ on Friday. We got to see a number of people we haven't seen in a while and I got to play grill master on the big grill.

On Saturday, we rode with another A and E pair (Amanda and Eric), Lindsey, and Tim. Tim headed home early as he did IM CdA, but the rest of us ended up chatting a bit during and after the ride.

On Sunday, we had to see Sunny head back to OR, which was bad, but had to happen at some point. We had gotten stressed at the beginning of the week that we weren't giving her enough time, but it all worked out well and we thoroughly enjoyed hosting her last week.

Good Weather
Only a high of 80 on Saturday was a nice relief from the 90's we have been having. Yesterday got that hot again though. We need some rain though.

Good Training
A and I got in a riding, running and swimming over the weekend.

The ride was up Big Thompson Canyon to Estes, over to Allenspark and down St. Vrain Canyon. A bit over 100 miles with a good amount of climbing. With the weather being so great, the ride seemed even nicer than usual. Amber did put the hammer down on us climbing out of Estes.

Our long run on Sunday morning went well. We took familiar trails and roads from home, so that wasn't too interesting. We did see about 7 hot air balloons that had taken off from by our house and ran through the shadow of one of them by the Rez.

We were pretty tired by our swim Sunday afternoon and got sunburned during it as we applied our sunscreen immediately before getting in the pool. Sunny swam for a whole 900 meters or so, while we had our 800 repeats, so I got quite jealous of her reading on the pool deck.

Good Food
I overcooked the burgers on Friday a bit, but the chicken and brats turned out well. The homemade ice cream we made went over too well as there wasn't any left over. So sad.

Saturday, Amber and I went to Cafe Blue by our house and had a great dinner (Trout special for Amber, Shellfish Pasta special for me). Afterwards, we got thin mint blizzards as they are this month's special at DQ.

Last night, Amber made an excellent pizza with a pesto sauce, red bell pepper, grilled chicken (my contribution), and artichokes. Oh, and another thin mint blizzard as Sunny wanted to go.

Good Beer
Nothing too overboard, but enjoyed OB's Old Chub, a taste of Avery's Presidental, Deshutes Inversion, and a Leinenkugel.