Payback for having TOO much fun in the sun...

I remember thinking in Phoenix that spring would be right around the corner when I got home...

Clearly I was being delusional!

On a side note, I'm getting a really good upper body workout every time I shovel. I never knew that my arms could be so sore. I can barely lift them today!

I also finally downloaded my final pictures from our last day of riding in Arizona. All 5 of them. If I had known what the weather was going to be like when I returned back to Michigan I would have taken a lot more-and they all would have been of the sun.

While we were taking a food break on the National trail we started hearing giggles and squeaks coming from the distance. Eventually those sounds turned into a loud roar, and very small kids in very large sun hats started pouring over the hill....

Eventually we asked one of the teachers how many there were, and they replied 150! A small army of sorts...

And so our "quick" food break turned into a very long one. There was NO WAY that we were going to try to ride past 150 little hikers.

Juli and Jason waiting patiently....sort of!

Jason riding a technical part of the trail. This pictures doesn't do justice to how crazy rocky this part was. I would like to say that I was able to ride this part of it, but not a chance. I could barely walk it!
The only good thing about the cold weather is that I am less tempted to stay outside for hours on end. I have to give a presentation on nutrition next week, and I think working on that is much more appealing then the alternative-shoveling.

I'm tempted to just print this out and read it...ha, ha! I'm sure Nam wouldn't mind :-)