Salida Part 2: It’s not windy! But it IS snowing.

Salida Part 2: It’s not windy! But it IS snowing.

I’m sure glad we camped at the start of this trip. As cold and windy as it was, it was dry. This morning we woke up to snow. Not to be deterred, we headed out to the trails for a run. The soil is quite sandy, so it was not muddy at all. It is lovely to run in falling...
Fun in Salida… with a little side of misery.

Fun in Salida… with a little side of misery.

I am writing this from the warm, heated space of our Airbnb. Heaven. Our first camping trip wasn’t a glowing success. Puck seems to have mostly forgiven me; but it was one of those times I was glad he hasn’t figured out how to call the SPCA. I had been worried about...
Puck and I embark on a new adventure!

Puck and I embark on a new adventure!

We are ready for spring. The lack of snow has created one long mud season here and we are just over it. So tomorrow Puck and I will head to Salida! To camp. Just the two of us. I like to think I can be pretty brave in new situations. And I grew up backpacking with my...
I may be ready to call myself a runner again.

I may be ready to call myself a runner again.

Not a fast runner. Or a long-distance runner. But still a runner. I started running about a year before I started business school. That was 20 years ago. Holy moly, 20 years ago?! It wasn’t love at first run, far from it. I was a smoker, I worked a lot, I partied a...