Last weekend, all of us (Mumphie, Fischers, and me) drove to Fortuna to spend the weekend together, celebrate Amanda's birthday, and participate in the 10k/half marathon Avenue of the Giants run. The photo above is the three of us before the race; Amanda ran the 1/2 marathon, while Jamie and I were happy with the 10k. As you can see the morning began overcast, breezy, and a bit cool. The temps were perfect for running, and as you can see from the post finish line photo below, the sun came out. The course is beautiful and winds through the redwoods with views of the Eel River, but it is uphill to the finish line! Jamie, Amanda, and I definitely want to make this an annual event.
Every finisher is awarded a medal (so please don't think that we are super special;). The race results are at
http://www.theave.org/ I am happy to report that I placed 4th in my age group, a respectable showing at a popular event.
Most of the weekend was spent in the pursuit of kid friendly activities such as: visiting the beach at Trinidad harbor, the CR plant sale, the HSU stadium and community forest, playing in Scott and Jamie's backyard, visiting Six Rivers Brewery, and playing on Mickey & Izzie's birthday trampoline. All of the kids played well together; Kurty was good with the little girls, and the girls were great with Baby Karkee. I look forward to our next get together, hopefully Uncle Rosser and Katya will be there. Cheers!
