Morning Meaderings… MISSING IN ACTION

Published on by Sheila (Book Journey)

Good morning!  😀

Yes I still exist!

I had two days this past week where I was actually too busy to post a Morning Meandering.  I LOVE to do the Morning Meanderings, so believe me it was painful to walk out the door without so much as opening Laptop… but it had to be done. 

Yesterday I left the house at 4:30 am to drive to Itasca State Park for the Tour De Pines.  A hilly little ride if you ask some of my friends who went along with me for the first time.  It’s a beautiful ride that spends the first hour actually riding through the park. 

I did not need that much time to get there for start at 7:30 am, but last year my friend Wendy and I got lost and did not get there until 9 so I was not taking any chances.  The other 6 friends I was riding with were camping in the park so they were already in the area. 

Turns… out I was the first one to the ride, getting there about 6:40 am… 😛  The ride crew laughed that I drove in from Brainerd and beat my friends to the ride who were staying maybe a mile away from the start up.  😀

At the first pit stop we had an opportunity to walk down a trail and see the largest Red Pine of the park.  Unfortunately it looks like the top had been hit bu lighting but still…. it was pretty big.  😀

Me, Rhonda, and the tree
My bike in the park.... I LOVE my bike
Pit stop in the park
Even back where I was taking this pictire of Rhonda and Mike, I could almost here Rhonda cussing me out about this hill ;)
Even back where I was taking this picture of Rhonda and Mike, I could almost hear Rhonda cussing me out about this hill 😉

So that is where I was yesterday.  We did the 50 mile route instead of the 75 as we had a little wind to deal with.  I came back home around 5 pm pretty tired and was in bed by 9:00. 

I am late for Alyce’s Saturday snapshot, but knew I had to post these yet this week because starting tomorrow I am at camp for the week working on Connie’s story and I should have some beautiful pics of camp.  (I will explain camp in the Monday What Are You reading post that will go up tonight.)

If you noticed a drought in book reviews here lately – you are right… there was one.  I seemed to be finishing nothing.  😛  Well… the drought is over.  I have three audio reviews to write, by the end of the day a fourth and two book reviews – possibly a third.  I just knew everything would finish at once 😀

Have a super day…. I have a crazy busy morning making sure the staff and leadership of where I work are ready for the staff retreat that they leave on tomorrow.  I would normally be going with them, but The Camp Benedict board of directors invited me to attend their camp before this one was on the books…. so I am not attending my Leadership one.  Later I think hubby and I are going for a motorcycle ride with friends, I may squeeze in a bike ride and I still need to finish mowing the lawn. 

2011 Bike Miles:  435

20 thoughts on “Morning Meaderings… MISSING IN ACTION”

  3. Enjoyed your pictures. The trees are beautiful. The bike is….nice. I guess it’s like a person to you. People use to address their cars as she or he mostly she. Luv your Morning Meanderings.

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  4. Looks like a gorgeous place for a ride. I am so not a morning person yet one of my favorite things to do is go for a nature walk early in the morning… go figure!

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  7. I’m glad you had such a good time on your ride! It seems like every time you have a ride there’s one going on here in Oregon that my husband does. 🙂 Yesterday he biked around Crater Lake.

    I hope camp goes well!

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