We had a couple of unused tickets, so we decided to escape the heat and go to Portland for the weekend. We visited with some old buddies from Ridgecrest (Loved the Barcade and indoor mini-golf!), went on a bike tour with Pedal Bike Tours, and walked through several farmer’s markets. (more…)
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Portland Weekend Escape
Saturday, July 31st, 2010Grand Canyon R2R – Video & Technical Data
Saturday, May 22nd, 2010I ran with Barry & Anne from the North to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. It is 24.4 miles of running with over 10,000 ft of elevation gain/loss. Start: 4am and Finish:12pm (Anne finished at 1:40pm). With 4 bathroom/snack breaks and a stop to tape my hideously sprained ankle, running time was ~7 hours. A most excellent adventure!!!
GPS Elevation & Speed Plots:
Please be aware, there’s error in almost every data point for the ascent of the South Rim. As a result, the speed & elevation profiles show that we went 27 miles instead of 24.4. Dennis & I spent several hours reducing the error (as it falsely reported we had run 30 miles)! I did not feel like spending any more time with it, so please forgive the data innaccuracy!
R2R Video:
Grand Canyon R2R – Las Vegas to North Rim Campground
Friday, May 21st, 2010
Starting Location: Las Vegas, NV (Rachel’s Casa)
Finishing Location: North Rim Campground, Grand Canyon, AZ
People: Rachel, Barry, Dennis, & Clare
Special Guests: Anne & Holly (from Santa Fe, NM)
Goal: Enjoy fabulous Grand Canyon by running R2R
Runners: Anne, Barry, Clare
Hikers: Dennis & Rachel & Holly
Steamboat Springs Food Review
Tuesday, March 30th, 2010Emma is gone for the week, out in SoCal for spring break. Thus, Dennis & I decided to take a trip to Steamboat Springs for a nice long weekend getaway.
We were hoping to ski, but warm 50+dF weather made the snow slushy. Dennis went skiing for one day, and I slept the day away. How luxurious!!!
Instead of writing about how wonderful the snow was (it was not!), I’m going to tell you about three nice places to eat in Steamboat Springs.
Great place for lunch, Old Towne Pub, I ordered a Turkey Burger (yum) and Dennis got an Elk Sausage (also yum)! For desert, we could not resist the Beignets.
The best Hollandaise Sauce I’ve ever had at Creekside Cafe & Grill . Dennis & I went to breakfast there, and it was awesome. This place is cozy, warm, and inviting. The service was excellent (which I can’t say for the entirety of Steamboat…) as well. I had the Eggs Benedict “Frenchman”-which came with turkey & melted brie. Dennis had the Fourteener; standard meat along with two huge buttermilk pancakes. I also had a mocha and it was very yummy.
Wonderful Asian Cuisine was found at Noodles & More Saigon Cafe. We actually went back for a second night, so Dennis could sample the curry as well as the pad thai. He found the latter a better dish, but I am head over heals in love with #17 and a side of steamed veggies (to add into the chicken pho).
Well there you go, my review of Steamboat Springs cuisine.
Tour of Mt. Vernon
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
On Thursday afternoon, before our flight back to Denver, we did a tour of Mt. Vernon. The tour was not free, but it was well worth the cost of admission. In addition to the tour, there is a musuem onsite.
George Washington’s home is totally worth seeing! His home is full of rich color, bright greens & blues with beautiful woodwork. Practically every room in the house has a fireplace, and the porch faces the Potomac River. It’s a lovely plot of land, and there are wonderful interpretive signage strewn around the property.
