"Somewhere between the bottom of the climb and the summit is the answer to the mystery why we climb." - Greg Child Last night Adam surprised me with an early birthday gift -- a CamelBak for use during my outdoor workouts! It's a backpack that you fill with water and can continuously drink from. This was a perfect little gift, as I'm always thirsty and drink an insane amount of water, especially during exercise. What a smart man I married! Wanting to put my new workout gear to use, today my little family and I headed to a nearby town called Poway to hike somewhere we had never been to before, Iron Mountain. In reading reviews of the mountain prior to going, I had seen a few time estimates at 4 hours. My first thought was that there is no way Harley would last that long, as ... [Read More]
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Doggie Mania
Today I watched a video about the tallest dog in the world, a 230-pound, 7 ft+ long Great Dane named George. OMG, how cool is he?! This put me in total dog mode, and I started looking through pictures of Harley. I found one from the day we met her twin at the dog park: We rescued Harley when she was a puppy and aren't positive what breed(s) she is, but after meeting this look-a-like who acted exactly like her and was an American Dingo, I'm completely convinced that she has to be at least part dingo. I've since met a ton of people who comment on much of a dingo she looks like... as in the wild ones running around in places like Australia: In all seriousness, this explains a lot! She can be a complete nutjob sometimes. If you're as big of a dog lover as I am, you can't get ... [Read More]
