Soooooo gooooooooood.

I’ve been in Tucson since January 1, 2011. Training is going beautifully here and my legs are satisfied with all the attention they have been getting from my cardiovascular system during the past two weeks.  I could tell you about that, but instead I decided to go with the photo montage of how beautiful it is down here, and hopefully convey why being outdoors is good, food is delicious, and hammocks are the answer.


Above: First day up Mt. Lemmon, apparently Wisconsin happened here.
Below: Proof


Above: Delicious DELICIOUS pizzas, there is a direct relationship between goodness and quantity and types of cheese.

Above and Below: My new favorite place to hang out. Above is the view from inside my room (Lemmon in the backdrop), and below is the view from in my hammock (with fisherman’s and figure eight knots thankyouverymuch)


Above: The new kit! And what was supposed to be a funny text message picture, but turns out those are hard to see in general, let alone read. To the right, a trip back to Rome with Donny, bueno. (im aware that is spanish)
Below: Sunset and a book in the hammock. Cold at night? Nothing the sleeping bag cant handle.

Above: Proof that I really only took pictures when laying in the hammock, which I am really only realizing now.
Below: Rest day coffee shop ride!


Above: Chad being to cool to get in the 45 degree water, although no one blames him much.  PS my apologies to those of you back in Wisconsin.
Below: The top of Gates Pass as the reward for what was the longest 4 hour ride of my life (long story involving a broken African safari vehicle, tow truck, bad subway sandwich, and high acid content of buffalo wings from the night before.)  ADVENTURE!!


Ahh, yes. The sunsets here fill a generally brown place with all kinds of color. We played around in those mountains today which is cool. Tomorrow is an off day hike excursion. Hope to have some more pictures for you, since that makes for the best blog post!