LOGAN CANYON
BEAR LAKE
SOME SNOW CAPS
THE VIEW FOR 52 MILES
TAKE YOUR PICK
LOOK AT HOW SMALL THE WAGON IS
NO ROOM FOR TV’S OR PHONES
NO ROOM FOR TV’S OR PHONES
HOW DID THEY DO IT ?
REALLY ?
MINNETONKA CAVE
RILEY THE BEST CAVE GUIDE
4 AM GO TIME
DAWN DAY 1
DAY 1 GREAT SKY
DAY 1 JESSICA PATRICK AND FRANK B. FINISHED !!
NOT PHOTO SHOPPED
DAY 2 GREAT PYRAMID- KING TUT INSIDE SOMEWHERE
ALASKA RENACTMENT
THE POSSE IN ALASKA LAST AUGUST
TIRED RUNNER FROM 2012
THE GREATEST GUYS IN THE WORLD
JESSICA PACKING 50 OZ FLUID PLUS PRINGLES
BFF
AD ON BARN FOR THE WOMAN’S TONIC (80% ALCOHOL AND OPIUM)
A CURE FOR THE FEMININE CONDITION IN 1905
THE TABERNACLE IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE
HOW MUCH ? I’LL TAKE IT
PATRICK S AND FRANK B
DAY 1- COME BOOTS KEEP WALKING
SO GREAT THEY DESRVE 2 PICS
JAMIE M DOING SOME FUN MILES
FINISH DAY 2
THIS WAS A WONDERFUL DOUBLE ON THE IDAHO UTAH BORDER RUNNING AROUND BEAR LAKE THAT JUST HAPPENS TO BE 52 MILES AROUND.
FRIDAY WE WOULD RUN THE IDAHO SIDE OF THE LAKE AND SATURDAY DO THE UTAH SIDE. ENROUTE FROM SALT LAKE CITY THE DRIVE THROUGH LOGAN CANYON WAS SPECTACULAR. WHEN I CAME OVER THE LAST RISE TO SEE THE LAKE BELOW IT LOOKED BEAUTIFUL AND A REALLY LONG WAY AROUND.
THURSDAY I HAD MY FIRST VACATION DAY WITHOUT AN AIRPORT OR PACKET PICK UP OR A MARATHON SINCE NOVEMBER AND ENJOYED SOME GREAT SIGHTSEEING. THE MINNETONKA CAVE WAS SPECTACULAR AND COOL… 40′ TO BE EXACT. I WAS THE FIRST EVER CUSTOMER FOR RILEY THE TOUR GUIDE AND I LEARNED QUITE A BIT ABOUT THE CAVE AND HIGH SCHOOL LIFE IN UTAH. THEY HAVE AN 8 HOUR DAY, 4 DAY WEEK AND GET OUT IN MID MAY AND TAKE LOTS OF SNOW DAYS. AND THE BUS RIDE TO SCHOOL IS 1 HOUR.
I FOUND MY DREAM CAR THE 57 CHEVY 3 ROW WAGON ABANDONED IN A BARN YARD. IF HOME WAS CLOSER THAT LITTLE BABY WOULD HAVE COME HOME.
THERE WERE SOME GREAT OLD OLD BUILDINGS THAT I JUST ENJOYED THOROUGHLY.
SO ABOUT THE MORMONS…. FOUND A PLAQUE DETAILING A MIRACLE BAPTISM, FOUND A HUGE CHURCH IN A TOWN WITH A POPULATION 75. THE CHURCH WAS ORDERED BY BRIGHAM YOUNG AFTER A VISION, SAW A FAMILY WITH 11 PLUS KIDS, A FEW WIVES AND 1 MAN HAVING BREAKFAST. DECIDED NOT TO JUDGE- AFTER ALL I WAS A VISITOR. I ALSO HAD AN INTERESTING CONVERSATION ON THE BUS TO THE START OF DAY 2 WITH A 23 YR OLD MORMON YOUNG MAN. I ASKED WHETHER YOUNG WOMEN DID THE TRADITIONAL MISSION TRIP IN THEIR LATE TEENS- HE SAID THEY COULD BUT REALLY THE ONLY GOAL WAS TO COMPLETELY BE THERE FOR THE HUSBAND…… ANYWAY I HAD A GREAT DAY ENJOYING THE SPECTACULAR SCENERY, APPRECIATING THE COVERED WAGON TRAVELERS AND GOT MY COWGIRL ON WITH A RANCH HAND BREAKFAST LOOKING AT SOME SNOW CAP MOUNTAINS.
LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON THERE WAS A RUMOR FLYING AROUND THE CONDOS THAT THERE WAS AN OPTIONAL 4 AM START. WHEN I WOKE UP AT 12:45 READY TO GO THAT NIGHT IT BECAME A REALLY GOOD IDEA.
WHAT DO YOU NEED FOR A RACE ? EASY: A PARKING LOT OF THE LDS CHURCH, 2 PORTA POTS, A FEW HEADLAMPS AND 7 KNUCKLEHEADS INCLUDING THE FAMOUS LARRY MACON … YOU’VE GOT YOURSELF A MARATHON.
WE HAD A FEW HOURS OF COOL TEMPS, DARKNESS AND A BRISK WALKING PACE. I WORKED HARD AND GOT TO MILE 13 IN 3:30 -DEBBIE MOLONEY HOW DO YOU DO A 3:10 WALKING A HALF ?? THAT IS INSANELY FAST WALKING . AT 13 I THOUGHT-NANCY YOU ONLY HAVE 39 MORE MILES TO DO THIS WEEKEND. YIKES.
SAW JESSICA W. AND PATRICK S. FROM MASSACHUSETTS WHOM I HAD MET RUNNING IN ALASKA – THEY WERE FLYING, DOING A 5:30 PACE. THE SMOKE WAS COMING OFF THE ROAD FOR THOSE TWO. DID THE BACK HALF WITH CINDI FROM INDY. THE LAST MILES WERE A LITTLE HOT AND DRY. I RAN IN A LITTLE BIT WITH DANIEL FROM TENNESSEE DRESSED IN ALL ORANGE. GO VOLS !!
THE FINISH LINE WAS A CARD TABLE ON THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. I HEARD THAT A PREVIOUS YEAR THE FINISH WAS A SWIM NOODLE ON THE GROUND, SO THIS WAS VERY HIGH TECH. I REALLY ENJOYED THE DAY AND WALKING WAS DELIGHTFUL- 6:53.45 THEY HAD NO RECORD OF ME OR A BUNCH OF OTHERS IN THE RACE AND TOLD ME NOT TO WORRY. IT TOOK A WEEK TO SORT IT OUT BUT ALL IS WELL. IDAHO, STATE 40 IS DONE.
DAY 2 STARTED WITH CRAMMING THE ENTIRE MARATHON RACE INTO 2 BUSES. A FEW FOLKS TOOK AN EARLY START BUT THAT REQUIRED 2 CARS AND 2 DRIVERS. WE HAD 2 CARS AND 2 DRIVERS BETWEEN PATRICK JESSICA AND MYSELF BUT WE DID NOT THINK OF IT UNTIL THE WHOLE BUS THING WAS OVER.
I STARTED AS SOON AS THE BUS STOPPED AND CAUGHT UP TO JESSICA TO HAVE A REAL CONVERSATION INSTEAD OF A FB POST. 26 MILES LATER WE WERE DONE. WE HAD A DELIGHTFUL TIME. THERE WAS A PYRAMID AND A GREAT WATER STOP WITH 2 FELLOWS THAT WAITED AT THE FINISH WITH MY CLOTHING DISCARDS. THE VIEWS WERE SPECTACULAR EVERY MILE. BEFORE JESSICA MADE BEST FRIENDS WITH HER FAVORITE MILE OF ALL WE DID SOME MILES WITH JAMIE M FROM WYOMING WHO WAS DOING HER FIRST MARATHON. SHE TOUGHED IT OUT AND FINISHED IN HER GOAL TIME. PATRICK FOUND US WITH ABOUT A MILE TO GO IN A CAR AND THERE WAS SOME FANCY BACKWARD DRIVING AND I WAS CALLED A FINE LOOKING FILLY FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER. PASS THE OATS.
I FINISHED IN 5:53. 45 EXACTLY 1 HOUR FASTER THAN DAY 1. STATE NUMBER 41 DONE.
THIS FINE FILLY HEADED OFF TO A HOTEL NEAR THE SALT LAKE CITY AIRPORT TO MAKE THE EARLY FLIGHT THE NEXT DAY. SUNDAY NIGHT BINGO AT THE CONDO WAS CALLING MY NAME. DEBBIE AND I ARE THE ONLY ONES LEFT IN THE ASSOCIATION THAT CAN MOVE TABLES AND CHAIRS SO WE ARE THE SUMMER SOCIAL DIVAS.
WAS THIS REALLY A DOUBLE AND DID IT HAPPEN ON JUST BIKING AND SWIMMING TRAINING AND NO RUNNING ?. WAKE ME UP AUNTIE EM.
NO TRAVEL BETWEEN BOTH RACES, RELAXED RACE DIRECTOR, BLUE SKIES AND WATER VIEWS EQUALED A PERFECT TRIP.
NEXT STOP IS MONTANA IN JULY, IT IS HOTTER THAN HELL NOW HERE IN FLORIDA, DEBBIE IS BACK IN ILLINOIS FOR A SPELL AND THAT IS MY STORY.
BE WELL MY FRIENDS AND ALSO KIND TO ONE ANOTHER.
“THINGS TURN OUT BEST FOR THOSE THAT MAKE THE BEST OF THE WAY THINGS TURN OUT”
–JACK BUCK
HAPPY TRAILS
NW
Nanadventure 
Nancy, you need to publish your photos, there great. Thanks for taking a picture of my last house :-). The old Chevy, I'll help you push it home if I can drive it later. Keep well, Greer
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