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Cleveland

 I got home yesterday from Cleveland where GOTR hosted Summit, their every two years conference. I left Saturday so it was a long trip (in my opinion). We did some fun stuff, learned some good stuff and meet a few new people. Saturday our council director, Sarah, had training so Megan, our board president, and I explored downtown. We found an outdoor festival, the public library, and this beautiful hotel. Sunday we had to waste more time in the morning so we walked to the West Side Market inside another really fun building.  Finally Sunday afternoon, Sarah’s training was finished and Summit began. We had some networking sessions, dinner and the kick off party at the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame.  This was my favorite part. Monday was day one for all general and break out sessions. I didn’t sleep great and woke up early to do a short run with a local running group, so it felt like a long day. For dinner we met a former board member who just moved to Cleveland, watched some soc...
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Thursday night spikes

 Evelyn had a track meet yesterday evening.  It’s an open to the community, anyone can enter type of event but consisted of mostly kids.  Little kids all the way to high schoolers and maybe some college runners. Evelyn participated as part of her summer running group.  She ran the 1600  and the 4x400 so that meant we were there for the whole meet.  Evelyn ran a 7:41 for the 1600 and just beat out her friend from school to take 3rd place. Their relay team came in last but she was just happy there were enough girls who stuck around so they could participate. 
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VBS and Chicago

We had a busy week! Evelyn and I volunteered with VBS at church. We were in charge of a group of graduated 3rd graders. They were a great kids and we had lots of fun.  Jameson had soccer try outs and he made a travel team for the fall. My parents visited for a few days and we celebrated the start of the World Cup by getting Chiptole (bogo if you wore a soccer jersey).  Thursday night a storm went through. It woke me up but didn’t sound too terrible. In the morning however there were several tree branches down. We even lost a small tree in the backyard. It fell on the deck and didn’t cause any damage but Nate did stay home to take care of it.  Saturday morning we drove to Chicago to stay with Claire and Peter for the weekend.  We went to a Juneteenth block party where there was free food, music, bouncy houses, and vendors. Then we walked to a brewery and got more food. Back at the house the kids watched a movie and we hung out and relaxed.  Sunday we went to the ...
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Global day of running

 Global day of running was yesterday. Fleet Feet organizes a 5K and the proceeds benefit Girls on the Run. Jameson ran 26:31 and was 8 out of 17 male 14 and under. Evelyn ran 29:09 and was 3 out of 9 female 14 and under. I told her when there was 1/4 of a mile left. I said just a 400 and she goes ok bye and just takes off.  I ran 29:27 and was 11 out 28 female 40-49. Photographer also shared the GOTR final 5K photos.
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Camping day four

 Tuesday morning it was raining. We made instant oatmeal for breakfast under the screen tent and then left to go hiking because we couldn’t hide in the tent all morning. We decided we wanted to see Gray’s Arch, the arch we missed the day before. The trailhead starts after the climb so we hoped it wouldn’t be the hardest hike in the rain. The rain did lessen up as we walked but it felt like we were the only people on the trail.  Gray’s Arch was very pretty.  Pretty sure people do climb to get on top but we didn’t see a clear path so we admired it from below.  On the walk back to the car the rain had stopped and we saw a few people. Unfortunately as we drove back to the campground, it started raining again. We decided to stop at a few of the gift shops and look for souvenirs. The sky lift gift shop wasn’t open because the lift wasn’t operating, but there was a nice covered pavilion where we were protected from the rain and could eat lunch. Back at camp we hunkered down...
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Camping day three

 Monday was by far the best day weather wise. Evelyn and Jameson woke up early to go fishing but no bites.  Our plan for the day was to hike in the Red River Gorge. We thought we were headed to one trailhead but actually ended up at another; the spotty cell service made it hard to use the map on our phones. But the hike we ended up doing was fun. We started down in the gorge and followed a creek until we started to climb up.  After climbing and consulting some maps, we realized that unless we wanted to hike another mile out and back, we weren’t going to see an arch. Which was disappointing but the kids were getting tired and hungry. So we decided to follow the trail to a different trailhead which hooked up with a trail that would loop back to the car. Still a substantial hike but it felt like we did all that work to not see anything cool.  However this route took us past Daniel Boone’s hut, a giant rock shelter that some claim Boone used as a camp spot, which was pre...
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