Hiking

Today hubby and I went for a hike in the woods nearby one of our county lakes. Its an area we just recently learned about and we were excited to try out the trails. It was a perfect northwest autumn day for it. I think there are about 3 miles of trails around the lake...we probably hiked about 2.5 of them.

Us on a platform overlooking a 17 acre pond. Notice the gorgeous blue skies! It doesn't always rain the NW. :)

Lots of these little dragonflies buzzing around the pond. They were about 2.5 inches in length. Red. Anyone recognize it? We'd like to know what kind it is. I couldn't find it on my own when I googled.

They were very friendly...not only with each other.....LOL....but with us. I usually had two or three on me.

We'll definitely be visiting these trails again.

Feet Friday

Hubby in his ghillies

Hubby and I first took a Scottish Country Dance class in April 2001. The local parks department was holding an introductory class and it was cheap. We loved Scotland (both can claim Scottish ancestry…albeit distant) and were looking for some pastime we could do together. We had no clue what this Country dancing was but heck, why not give it a shot. If we didn’t like it we could just quit. 7 years later we are still dancing and loving it! It’s fun. I t’s great exercise for the body and the brain. In fact, hubby now teaches our local class. :)

Doughnut Rewards

Note to self: Do not do Tink’s new exercise routine at Yaya day for the fun of it when one’s grandsons are over for a visit. Your arms can’t handle it! Seriously. Be real.

I read in this months Fitness magazine that “walk, holding a baby” for an hour and 5 minutes burns off 243 calories! That’s one whole doughnut folks! I think I earned at least two doughnuts this weekend. Wait, baby weighs 16 pounds…maybe its more like three doughnuts.

Doughnuts will definitely help my arms to not hurt.

Definitely.

Togetherness

Tink and I have been best friends for nearly 20 years. We have done so many things in those years. She loves life with exuberance and I can count on her for trying new things…especially if it involves togetherness! She loves togetherness.

Several years ago I wanted to try a sprint triathlon. It’s a shortened version of the one you are probably thinking about. Only ¼ mile swim, 12 miles on the bike and a 3 mile run. Hubby graciously agreed to go with me and keep me company. It was a leisurely day for him as I didn’t really train and spent most of my time in the back of the pack. Heck, I was in it for the experience not the competition. We finished and enjoyed the weekend at Lake Chelan. We had a great time. Cross that off life’s “to-do” list.


But hubby was curious about what his time would have been if he had not stayed with me. Let’s try it again. But I needed something to be different the second time around, so I asked Tink if she and her man wanted to go with us. She agreed.

Occasionally during the year of our non-training training, Tink would comment that she didn’t know how to swim. Really?...I didn’t think she means that she can’t swim….just that she’s not good at it…I mean, who agrees to a triathlon if they can’t swim? (that would be one of the things I do that frustrates my dear bff…not believing her words!) Oh, but I forgot Tink’s love of togetherness…of relationship….of creating new and meaningful memories.

We won’t go into any details but Tink swears she nearly drowned! All I know for sure is that I had an awesome time racing side by side with my best friend that year, hubby was able to race for his own time (cut off over on hour), the four of us had fun at the lake and we have a great story to add to the memory books.