new adventures

mountain biking on wednesday evening totally rocked! jonathon & i went with his friend micah and some of micah's friends. micah & company are insane bikers. we went up a trail called wheeler (i think that's what it's called) up in the ogden canyon somewhere, and went for about an hour and a half. then turned around and came back. well, at least that is what jonathon and i did. micah & friends lapped us. they went up, came most of the way back down, found us, and came back up again. INSANE! it was worth it though. i fell a few times and have some bruises in random places. i really don't remember hitting that many things.... oh well. it was awesome and i can't wait to see where we go next wednesday.

thursday i was a complete lazy butt and slept....mostly cause i hadn't really slept this whole week. and yesterday i went to salt lake and got more information about class that starts in 2 weeks for me. i also got a seated massage. the gal that worked on me couldn't believe how tense i was and how many knots were in my back. i said, "yeah it happens a lot to me. but i am excited for class to start to get them worked out." when i got back from UCMT, i did my laundry. and then i tried to go to bed so i could get up this morning and go hike ben lomond peak with jonathon. ok, i didn't really sleep, but i did try and was able to get 3 hours in.

was getting up at 3am to be at the trailhead at 4am worth it?....heck yes! not too many people see sunrises anymore. i know i wish i could see more, esp from a mountain. jonathon and i didn't actually make it to the top of ben lomond. we got about just over half (guessing here) when jonathon finally said he needed to look at his heels. he had mentioned probably a half hour before we stopped that he could feel his boots rubbing the wrong way. when we stopped to actually look, his heels were so raw that the only smart thing to do was turn around. i am only a little sad that we didn't make it to the top. but i wasn't going to make jonathon hike even further with those blisters. i offered to carry him back down, but i said it may not work because his feet would still drag on the trail. i am only tall enough for my feet to reach the ground after all. and here are some amazing pictures i took on the hike up and back down.