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Garden Harvest - Yum

 

My amazing mother and niece

 Sunrise on Angel's Landing at Zion

Alisha says: I find that when I am forced to take a break from my bicycle it is better if we just part ways for a while. I went and visited my family for two weeks to relax and catch up. My sisters both came for a visit also so I had tons of fun playing with my nephews and niece. We went swimming, had a Halloween themed dinner and harvested the last of the garden before it snowed, yes, there was actually a small amount of snow on the ground one morning.

My university cross country team had their home meet while I was home so it was fun to go see my high school and college coaches and watch the race. I have to admit that standing there before the race started I got butterfly's in my stomach as I recalled all of the many races I'd run. Coach Houle even let me start the women's race, starters gun and all!

I also had fun hiking with my childhood friend Shannon. She is crazy, she works nights, then picked me up at 5:30 am and we cruised to Zion National Park and were standing on top of Angel's Landing in time to watch the sunrise. We still made back in time for her to make it to her 12 o'clock class for an afternoon of school. So much fun, wish we lived in the same city!

Amidst all of the fun I had a gum infection resulting in a trip to the dentist with a root canal in the near future, a small cold, and the stomach flu. Yikes, I hope that's all for awhile.

Returning home I found that a spider had decided he liked my bike also and had built a web on it. I dusted it off and took it out for a nice 80 miles to get reacquainted.