Training Log Archive: bl

BHS track around 6p. Overcast, nice temp. No plan - woke up from a death nap around 4:30 so get in motion & see what comes was operative. And not much. Did 3 times one mile, walk, jog and some 4 effort as well but nothing more than a lap at any one time. OOB mostly. May be some travel lag. Legs felt ok - just the inclination to stop too soon too much of time.

Walked off the plane at 1240am, out of the airport half an hour later & to bed at 0200. Nice to be home, back under the canopy. Was getting out of car in the garage & Z&M surprised me.

Contoocook kayak with Beth. Possibly the best kayaking experience in the local area. Not many houses at all, under only one road, lots of field and forest. Located another launch point at Bohanan Farm for a future, shorter visit. Stopped at 3 and 6.6 miles (Daisy Beach).
Logged as 1 for the three plus hours of upper body work it was - stronger arms/shoulders, softer face plants.

2 mile walk into nooks & cronies of Lava Hot Springs town. Crisp morning after yesterday's rain.

Brief visit to Temple Square and City Creek mall in SLC - both impressive
sights. Had not been in downtown Salt Lake since Dec., 2001 when I met Bruce to pick up Zoe.

To Mt. Glory summit from pass. It was sprinkling with some thunder & fresh wind approaching the summit with a gray menacing sky to west so spent only a few minutes atop. Too bad to get to the gateway to the high country & have to leave so soon. Sunny enough later.

Today ended another JH visit: '68 to start, '69, '73, '75 and then lose track.
Sometime in the 90s and last was 2002, too long ago! So much change tho Bruce's corner of Wilson has not changed and can't. Still the same breathtaking mountains, open skies and prairie and majestic cloud formations at times. Made a pledge to return soon. Drove over to Idaho country in intermittent rain (included big hail stones and some heart-stopping lightening bolts just out of range) to this little place, Lava Hot Springs.

Hike to Teton Pass with Bruce and Peggy on the old pass road out of Wilson.
Beth picked us up. Used Bruce's FR 10 given to him by Peggy awhile ago (after seeing what my 305 could do in Montana 2 years back), not used, broken band etc. Fixed the band, charged it & treated it like the 305 & it uploaded just like the 305. Nice day & hike. Beth picked us up.

Earlier, took the Tram to the top of Rendezvous Mt. Considerable OOBness given altitude, whether walking or running. Valley floor around 6000' and
often exerting at a higher altitude.

From String Lake parking to Bearpaw Lake, mostly level. Walked a bit, ran a bit more. Arrived at destination for a ‘spiritual moment’ in solitude. Came upon Beth a half mile from parking.

String Lake

Camped at Gros Vent River last night, memorable for an insect invading my ear canal around 2245…a few seconds of fluttering wings every 10 or so seconds. I waxed and waned with tolerability. At one low point, I sat up in the tiny tent, accidentally compressing the panic button remote on the car keys for some 30 seconds of car alarming in the dark silence. Finally, an hour later, Beth got the critter out & I could put the experience to sleep.

Over to the Snake levee and along it north to Rte 22. Great river and mountain views tho the levee was not the genteel path I thought it might be. Keeps the Snake floodplain from flooding and there was heavy equipment bolstering it in places. One sign warned of grizzlies but didn't take it too seriously. The cotton wood flood plain had the only potential as far as I could tell.

From the motel in West Yellowstone - Bruce pointed out presence of nearby Madison River & easy way to get to it -- and a sat view perusal got me out the door pretty quickly after having given up on idea of any run-"adventure" til later in day. Good thing I did because that was the only jog/run I had time for in the course of the day.

Saw more of Yellowstone including requisite Old Faithful. Returned thru Driggs and Victor as the sun set and over Teton Pass after dark. Back by 9pm. Maybe 375 mi driven, 2 long days, lots of vistas, rivers, volcanic curiosities and wildlife.