Rockin' and Runnin'

A few months ago I got it into my mind that I wanted to run ... Yes, I've always been a runner, but I decided I wanted to do it everyday and train for some longer distances ... This decision coincided with Zippy's appearance in my life ... so I've not only had motivation, but also someone to hold me accountable.

This morning Zippy and I went out with some fellow runners for a 26-mile run. It was my first long run of the season, and it felt great ... really great. I enjoyed every step of it, even the long, grueling, last uphill mile. We left from the Eagle River Nature Center, which is a stone's throw from my cabin, and headed up toward Eagle Glacier ... breathtaking scenery and a beautiful sunny day.

Now I'm even more excited about the races I have planned for the summer ... mostly longer distance mountain races ... cheers to lots of great days on the trail still ahead!

(Photos courtesy of Jane)

A weekend in Seward

Keith came to visit Joshua and I in the middle of June. We drove down to Seward for the weekend... visited Exit Glacier, saw sea otters and sea lions, camped in the yard of Anabell's cabin, watched loads of halibut being wheeled off the dock and generally enjoyed the weekend.

Lake on the way to Seward

Sea lion who hung around the docks, getting big and fat from all the halibut leftovers. (The fishermen clean and fillet the halibut at a station on the docks).

Keith and Joshua

A sea otter

Alaska license plate
More of the sea lion
Take three of the sea lion
Joshua
Joshua and Anabell in Anabell's cabin
A corner of Exit Glacier. We hiked the moraine up the side of it for a ways.
View of the water from Seward
Boat in the harbor
A fisherman wheeling the bucket back to the boat for more fish.
A super nice lady and expert fish filleter, who makes part of her living filleting to fish that tourists catch when the hire a charter for the day.
Yum. Fresh-caught halibut.
Joshua "leaning" up against the van we borrowed from friends for the weekend.