Sunday, June 21, 2009

New Hampshire Trip

We are in North Conway, NH hanging out this week. Our trip out went well, 2300 miles stopping in South Bend, Niagara Falls, and Lake Placid. Brandy's first race went well as she blew away the competition at Mt. Washington. http://www.mountwashingtonroadrace.com/index.html
Rickey, pictured with Brandy, had an awesome race as well.



This is our home for the week. We had a local family nice enough to let us stay in their cabin. Everyone out here has been very welcoming so far. The weather has been very wet.

Some video of the race. It's a bit shaky, but gives you a feel for the ascent and the beautiful weather towards the summit.

Cranmore Race
Brandy did well again, coming in second at the National Championships. Here's a link to the results: http://www.whitemountainmilers.com/cranmore/index.html

As for the rest of the trip we ended up putting on 5105 miles on the Subaru. We hung out with those left in town Sunday evening and headed out Monday morning. We slept in the car at Geneva State Park just outside of Cleveland. After barely missing flash floods in the morning we drove to Hillsdale, MI to see Uncle Arv and Aunt Connie. It just so happened my mom and cousin Teri were visiting at the same time. It was a short five hours but very good visit. Back on the road we made it to the west side of Omaha (arriving at 4:oo am) and crashed in the car once again. No matter how much fun you have, the drive home is always a drag...especially when you have to drive through Nebraska.

- Matt

Monday, June 8, 2009

Teva Mountain Games

We had a great time in Vail. Brandy won the 10k!
http://usmrt.blogspot.com/
http://www.tevamountaingames.com/results.htm


Mountain races are great because of all the beautiful venues they are held at. Vail was no exception...

- Matt