Spring Creek & Driving to Cali
I forgot to write last night about my Monday workout. We did Spring Creek. I was very exhausted from traveling and the time difference and staying up late in Cali (which is ridiculously late in Texas), so I'm happy that I even went to class. I would normally warm up from Runtex, but "Not today, Zurg."
I was a little late due to chatting (no!?) with Elijah's piano teacher. I honked and got Guy and Kerri's attention, so I warmed up with them. If you ever want delicious scones or coffee or cinnamon rolls, ask Guy and Kerri to bring you some from Coffee Dog (that's their Coffee shop in Bastrop).
I was looking for my friend, Sarah, when we arrived at the hill. I didn't see her, and Gilbert asked where she was. So after a call with no answer, I ran back down to the parking lot on Robert E. Lee (the most asked location on the Gazelle forum, btw). No Sarah, so back up I go. I counted the doubled warm-up the hill as 2 Spring Creek hills. Hey, I'm recovering from vacation, so it counts.
So, at the hill I do 3 forward and 1 backward. My family had shown up, and David went off to do his pace run. Joshua loves running, so he was doing hills in his crocs. Elijah and Emma were serving water and Accelerade - so sweet. I only did 1 backward because Joshua fell pretty hard coming down the hill. I blame the crocs, but he might have fallen in running shoes as well. He's such a boy b/c he wanted to cry but didn't cry. It was a hard fall, too.
I had asked David to take the van to the parking lot, so could cool down. I knew it would just be a walk since I had the boys. Now I was wishing the van was right there still after Joshua's fall. But with a little water on the wounds, he was good to walk the half-mile to the car.
Not bad for my first day back from vacation.
Okay...part 1 of our trip: Driving.
We left Austin at 3pm Monday and drove for a long, long time. Stopped in Ft. Stockton at a Dairy Queen for a bit of dinner. We drove for as long as we could take it. The boys couldn't sleep well, and so around 1am MT, they were looking out the window for meteors from the meteor shower. I saw a couple, and the boys some some as well. Dawn was mad b/c she couldn't look out for them as she was driving.
We stopped in Lordsburg, NM at a motel (roach included for free). I think it was 3am MT? I woke at 8am, and by 10am we were on our way. We stopped in Tuscon for a very late breakfast, and drove on until finally we were in California! Celebration!
I really wanted to stop at the Joshua Tree NP, but we'd been in the car forever. I knew everyone (me included) just wanted to get to LA. But we stopped b/c it's right off I-10 (oh wait, when in Cali...THE 10). I figured we'd pull right in, find a Joshua Tree, take a picture, and get right back on 10. A 10 minute stop at most.
We drove and drove and finally came to a lodge with bathrooms and information. We drive some more, and soon it becomes absurd. We are in Joshua Tree NP and there are no Joshua trees. Now we've driven so far in that it's silly to turn around until we see a Joshua tree. We keep saying, "There's one!" but it turns out to be something else.
Finally, after 30 or more minutes of driving in the park, I actually see one. We spent a wonderful half-hour exploring and climbing rocks. It was a great diversion from the road trip. Because we we so far in the park, we just kept driving to the other side. We stopped in Joshua Tree (a town!) for a bite of supper. We drove around the park to get back to THE 10, and then it was on into LA.
We arrived at Dawn's boyfriend's house around 9pm? 10pm? It was so good to be out of the car. Coming soon...more from the trip, including cute things my kids said.
Driving photos (note that Joshua is sticking his tongue out in a "don't take my picture right now" sort of way). Elijah, Joshua and Dawn:
I was a little late due to chatting (no!?) with Elijah's piano teacher. I honked and got Guy and Kerri's attention, so I warmed up with them. If you ever want delicious scones or coffee or cinnamon rolls, ask Guy and Kerri to bring you some from Coffee Dog (that's their Coffee shop in Bastrop).
I was looking for my friend, Sarah, when we arrived at the hill. I didn't see her, and Gilbert asked where she was. So after a call with no answer, I ran back down to the parking lot on Robert E. Lee (the most asked location on the Gazelle forum, btw). No Sarah, so back up I go. I counted the doubled warm-up the hill as 2 Spring Creek hills. Hey, I'm recovering from vacation, so it counts.
So, at the hill I do 3 forward and 1 backward. My family had shown up, and David went off to do his pace run. Joshua loves running, so he was doing hills in his crocs. Elijah and Emma were serving water and Accelerade - so sweet. I only did 1 backward because Joshua fell pretty hard coming down the hill. I blame the crocs, but he might have fallen in running shoes as well. He's such a boy b/c he wanted to cry but didn't cry. It was a hard fall, too.
I had asked David to take the van to the parking lot, so could cool down. I knew it would just be a walk since I had the boys. Now I was wishing the van was right there still after Joshua's fall. But with a little water on the wounds, he was good to walk the half-mile to the car.
Not bad for my first day back from vacation.
Okay...part 1 of our trip: Driving.
We left Austin at 3pm Monday and drove for a long, long time. Stopped in Ft. Stockton at a Dairy Queen for a bit of dinner. We drove for as long as we could take it. The boys couldn't sleep well, and so around 1am MT, they were looking out the window for meteors from the meteor shower. I saw a couple, and the boys some some as well. Dawn was mad b/c she couldn't look out for them as she was driving.
We stopped in Lordsburg, NM at a motel (roach included for free). I think it was 3am MT? I woke at 8am, and by 10am we were on our way. We stopped in Tuscon for a very late breakfast, and drove on until finally we were in California! Celebration!
I really wanted to stop at the Joshua Tree NP, but we'd been in the car forever. I knew everyone (me included) just wanted to get to LA. But we stopped b/c it's right off I-10 (oh wait, when in Cali...THE 10). I figured we'd pull right in, find a Joshua Tree, take a picture, and get right back on 10. A 10 minute stop at most.
We drove and drove and finally came to a lodge with bathrooms and information. We drive some more, and soon it becomes absurd. We are in Joshua Tree NP and there are no Joshua trees. Now we've driven so far in that it's silly to turn around until we see a Joshua tree. We keep saying, "There's one!" but it turns out to be something else.
Finally, after 30 or more minutes of driving in the park, I actually see one. We spent a wonderful half-hour exploring and climbing rocks. It was a great diversion from the road trip. Because we we so far in the park, we just kept driving to the other side. We stopped in Joshua Tree (a town!) for a bite of supper. We drove around the park to get back to THE 10, and then it was on into LA.
We arrived at Dawn's boyfriend's house around 9pm? 10pm? It was so good to be out of the car. Coming soon...more from the trip, including cute things my kids said.
Driving photos (note that Joshua is sticking his tongue out in a "don't take my picture right now" sort of way). Elijah, Joshua and Dawn:
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