A Day on the River

The women of our church had a special rafting outing on Saturday. The men you see in the picture are our guides. We had a fabulous day. The sun was shining and the river was so clear you could see to the bottom. Katie and I went together. The rapids are a level 3 on the McKenzie and were for the most part subdued..with the exception of a few spots. We had one very quick scare when Katie fell out of the raft on a rapid! My adrenaline definitely kicked into overtime and I had her back in the boat in less than a minute. The guide's wife, Kim, also fell in! She said that was the first time she had ever fallen into this particular river..so Katie was in good company! The weather has been fabulous! We have been in the mid 70's to low 80's. We are enjoying lots of outside activities!

Happy 4th of July!

So here it is...my first 10K run. I ran Eugene's annual Butte to Butte. It was fun. Yeah..the guy next to me ran the whole thing in his bathrobe..carrying a coffe cup and his newspaper..too funny.

Mark was taking pictures at the finish line. I managed to run the whole thing with the exception of maybe 20 yards of a very very steep hill. Even with that..I was walking up it faster than most were running it. LOL

We have a relaxing rest of the day planned here at home, with slow-roasted ribs and baked beans for supper! We will light off some fireworks tonight with the kids.

Tomorrow I begin hill training with the Team in Training group. (hill training?--I thought I did that today!)