This afternoon I'm hanging out with Raleigh, watching some (seri-terrible) home-makeover show, while we both try not to give in to napping because we both sleep better at night without a midday nap. So writing anything really creative right now? Not going to happen. So here's a photo filled blog with captions as my way of sharing my last couple of weeks with you...without writing too much!
Seth and I went on one last warm mountain bike ride around Fort Kent before our fall/winter travel season started. We had a perfect day and the scenery was awesome.
Farm roads in New Canada...
Potatoes waiting to be harvested in Fort Kent...
Another farm road...
Petunias at Will and Sarah's house in Stockholm....playing with some camera settings while basking in the warm September sun on their porch.
I stayed at the Sweetser-Dominick house for a weekend taking care of these rascals, Castor and Pollux, while Will traveled back from Europe and Sarah helped with the MWSC junior/PG camp.
Pollux...probably wanting to know where I threw the tennis ball.
And then they found it and this mayhem (with LOTS of barking and jumping) ensued. Notice Castor freaking out in the background...
Birdhouse on their garage....
The 10th Mountain Outdoor Club jerseys came in...they're pretty sweet.
Heading up the mountain during the 10th Mountain fall ride/hike event. The foliage was amazing...
I got up really early while I was still in Stockholm to capture some pictures with the autumn fog settled in the valleys around Madawaska Lake.
Another shot of fog lifting off the lake.
The rising sun illuminated a ton of dew-covered spider webs.
Fog hovering over the river and lake.
An apple tree on the hill above Will and Sarah's house.
And the same tree with more fog behind it.
After doggy sitting I drove home and met my parents at the Fryeburg Fair for a day. We had perfect weather and the fair was great...
My mom was pretty excited about this pie-sized whoopee pie.
Too bad it wasn't gluten free - she couldn't eat it!
Piggies!
This sow had 14 piglets!
Cows!
And the draft horse barn...
One of my favorite recent shots: the ferris wheel with the sun setting behind it.
And the lit up (upside down) ferris wheel. I could never ride this thing without getting miserably sick.
While I was at home in NH I discovered a whole new trail system less than a mile from my house. The trails were great...I can't wait to go back!
A view of the lake from the hillside.
Pretty leaf-covered forest floor.
Trail head - the sign says you can ski here in winter too. I'll be back for sure!
Trail map...some of the trails are great for mountain biking and will only get better as they are ridden in.
My mom and I did some arts and crafts for the farm stand...
Mine before the face-holes were cut out...
Someone didn't want me to leave. I had to trick her to get her to come out and then when she figured it out I got a solid half hour of sad doggie faces while she begged me to leg her back in my car.
Now we're in Utah!
This was a shot that Seth took toward the end of our 2:45-3 hour ski up Mirror Lake Road in Kamas UT (east of Park City). That's me in the red raincoat. Mirror Lake is a through road to a National Park but luckily it was still open despite the government shutdown. When we finished our ski we still hadn't reached the top of the pass and were above 8,000 feet in falling SNOW! In the summer the local ranchers pasture their beef cattle in this valley so we were on the lookout for cow poop in the road and roadkill in the ditches. The final count from our ski? 5 dead cows, 3 dead deer, 2 dead snakes, 4 live deer, 1 live moose.
Hopefully we'll have some sunny weather soon so I can take the good camera out in Park City to capture the amazing foliage in the aspen groves along the alpine slopes. Now it's time to get ready for training...time to hit the gym for a strength workout!
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