June 30 - July 7

Hi all,

Training for this week is as follows:

6/30/07 - Walked the dog (1 mile) and then later walked about 2 miles with my friend Walt in the Ballard/Magnolia area.

7/1/07 - Volunteer trail work with WTA at Middle Fork Snoqualmie Trail. Okay - so this isn't just walking but it counts! Manual labor!! But a blast! Okay - so maybe 2 miles or more of walking/mild hiking? A lot of laughing and having fun and playing in the dirt!

7/2/07 - Walked 2 miles because I took the bus!! Yeah!! Testing out the bus routes!

7/4/07 - Happy 4th of July! I spent today hiking with my friend Sally on Cold Creek Trail. This is a five mile round trip hike (absolutely beautiful)! that has an elevation gain of 1300 feet over 2 miles and ends at the Pacific Crest Trail. Definitely a repeat. Good company, a good dog, great views and a creek to dip feet in. Perfect life.

7/5/07 - Day off!

7/6/07 - It's Friday! After work a friend and I hiked a trail called "Dirty Harry" off exit 38 (?) on I-90. This is about 4 miles roundtrip with a 1200 elevation gain. Dirty Harry's Balcony has a phenomenal view looking east towards the mountains. We hoofed it up the mountain for a super aerobic workout and then took our time coming down. Okay Sally... you're kickin' my butt gal!!

7/7/07 - Saturday morning training walk with the other Hotties for Hooters! We did 1.5 hours on the Burke Gilman.

Fundraising for today? Ellen and I sat at GreenLake with signs from 1pm - 4pm and gave away bottled water with donations. What a great day to be at the lake!! Sunshine, great people (and people watching) and good company!

GOAL: Get all letters out and blog set up this weekend. Almost there!

7/8/07 - Okay - the plan is a hike with my friend Natasha somewhere in the Snoqualmie area. Round trip plan - 7 miles with 1300 ft elevation gain to a great lake. The dog and I can't wait! Gotta get up early for this one. (Planned to do Snow Lake at Snoqualmie Pass area).

Cheers!