Let it Snow!

We got a pretty good snow storm here today. So far this year has been more snowy than last year - I think this is about the 5th or 6th storm this month, but the first strong enough to put snow on the ground at our house. We drove up to Snowbasin today also and they were supposed to get about 12" - 16" today. People have already been skiing down at Alta (about an hour from here). Hopefully the snow keeps coming and we have a good ski season for when y'all come out. We'll keep you updated and keep the pictures coming. Other than that, not a whole lot is going on.

Marathon

Here's the only picture they got of me at the marathon in Victoria. This is me in the midst of more pain than I ever felt in my muscles and joints. I'm right on the harbor looking out on the Puget sound...unfortunately as you can tell from the picture it's raining too hard (and it was too cold) to enjoy the view. I think this is about mile 20 or so...I'm not really sure where I was because it was all marked in kilometers instead of miles.

Canada Trip

Well, we finally made it back home. It was a long, but nice trip. We spent 2 nights with Thomas and Angie's Clan. I think it's been about 10 years or something since I saw them, and Melanie had never met them before. We also met their two sons they adopted this year. They got a really nice place that's only a 10 minute walk to the Puget Sound (Birch Harbor). We had pretty good weather for the most part, except for the marathon day. It started out great...sunny skies and perfect temperature. I was on track to run a 4 hour marathon like I had hoped. At mile 12 or so, the temperature plummeted and the rain came down with it. Both the temp and the rain seemed to fall harder and harder the rest of the way. I cramped up really bad once the temperature fell and ended up having to stop each kilometer to stretch out my ham-strings and knees. I finished in 5 hrs. Not what I wanted, but I finished. This is a picture of Mel and I in front of the Legislative building in Victoria, B.C. It's the capitol building of B.C. Canada. It was a nice town right on the harbor (we saw 2 whales) with lots of neat shops and restaurants. Since it was also their Thanksgiving, we took advantage of their holiday sales and got most of our Christmas shopping done. That's about it, we're back home now (Roxie's happy now) and I'm recuperating.

Winter has Begun!

Well, I think winter is officially here in Utah. On Saturday, we had our second snow storm in a week. The first one just put a few inches up on top of the mountains, but on Saturday it snowed down here in the valley for about 6 or 7 hours. Today it's only 29 degrees (with the windchill). Hopefully this means we're gonna have a good winter with lots of snow...I don't think Melanie's as excited about that as I am though. We're headed up to Vancouver on Thursday and I run the marathon on Sunday. It should be interesting - I hurt my knee my first night home - Roxie was whining in the middle of the night and when I got up to take her out I ran my left knee straight into the edge of the door. Hopefully it's not going to be an issue, but we'll see. That's about it for us; I am back from my training in TX and after the marathon trip and visiting Thomas and Angie's clan up in Seattle we're not going anywhere for a while.