We made it to the top of the towering 14,110 foot peak! It was so amazing to be on one of the tallest mountains in our region! I've never had the experience of being "above" the clouds like that either! We enjoyed the view by snapping a ton of photos and trying the world famous "Pike's Peak Donuts!" Of course they are world famous..there is only one Pike's Peak.
On Saturday we decided to take the drive to the top of Pike's Peak. We enjoyed the hour drived to the top by eating a lot of snacks and taking ridiculous photos like this one! Sam did pretty good in the car...this was by far the longest car ride he has ever been on!
Ok, so today being Labor Day I had a few different choices as to how to spend my day. Hiking with Sam? Riding my sweet new road bike? What did I choose to do? I ran a half marathon on a dirt trail! I haven't done much trail running, and I just decided two weeks ago to sign up for this race so needless to say, I wasn't so sure about it when my alarm went off at 4:15 this morning! In the end I am so glad that I did it! Here's one more medal to add to my collection!
So I finally convinced Wayne to let me get a road bike...it only took four and a half years! I actually bought it when I visited Salt Lake at the end of July, but had to wait a couple weeks to get it because Wayne's co-worker was bringing it here in the back of his truck. (I flew to SLC so I couldn't bring it back). Here I am taking it for a test run around the townhomes. I took it to Garden of the Gods for a 7 mile ride last weekend....I freakin love it!
A couple weeks ago we had a total downpour! It was actually like that the entire week, every day about 4 or so it would just dump buckets of rain! I am in the process of training for the Moab Half Marathon in October so after being fed-up with the rain and running on the treadmill, I decided to try something differeny. I ran in the rain and it felt totally awsome! It poured on me the entire time, but it was so refreshing! It got so bad after a while that I had to call Wayne and have him come pick me up! He had Sam in the car so he let him out to run with me....we both needed a bath after this photo!
We took Sam to Dog Lake up Cheyenne Canyon and he absolutely loved it! Wayne had to get in the water with him to show him how to swim...and then he took off! The lake probably Sam's favorite place to go besides the dog park. We bought him a harness so when he gets tired we can just drag him to shore!
