E's Quick Update

A's last post was about what she wanted to do this past weekend to enjoy fall and some of the projects she was hoping we could tackle. On Friday night, we tested out the new bike trailer with a trip to the store while our pizza dough was being made in the bread maker. After that, we ended up making two pizzas . One was comprised of pancetta, pears, Gorgonzola, goat cheese and topped with arugula when it came out of the oven. The other was peperoni, mozzarella, tomato sauce, and olives. Two very different tastes, but both were excellent.

Saturday morning started at bit latter due to a power outage, but we got a good breakfast and then headed to FAC to start our training day. My swim was frustrating as I haven't been getting enough in to match the paces I was swimming all summer. But, got the workout done and headed home to get biking. I came up with a name for the ride during it; the "Double Jimmy" as we headed to to Lefthand Canyon, went up to Jamestown, descended down to 36, did a loop down to Hygiene, back to Lefthand Canyon, went to Jamestown again, back down to Olde Stage and headed home over that. Heading up to Jamestown, we stopped where the pavement turns bad, not the actual town, so A wanted to call the ride the Double Almost Jimmy, but I'm sticking with Double Jimmy. Then we went for a little run of an hour and forty with race pacing. At bit worse for the wear, we ended our training day at five (started at eight thirty). I did find the energy to mow a bit and Amber made a pie, but otherwise we had a relaxed evening.

On Sunday, neither of us could sleep so we got up at 5:30. Pretty wrong if you ask me, but I made a nice breakfast of hash browns, eggs, and pork green chile, while A did the dishes. We biked easy, A went to church, and then we went for a nice hike near Brainerd Lake with our housemate AL. It was Izzy's first trip to Lake Isabelle (not the inspiration for her name, that is Pointe Isabelle back in MI) which she enjoyed tremendously, especially when she found a dead squirrel. We ended the weekend with a nice dinner at Maria and Eric's.

Unfortunately, we didn't get to anything on A's project list, but that's what next weekend if for I guess.