9th Anniversary

On July 28 we celebrated our 9th anniversary; can it really be 9 years already?! It's been fascinating and wonderful to see how we morph and change over the years, both as individuals and as a couple, into who we are today. I'm so grateful for the time we've had together up to now and I can't wait to see what the future holds for us.

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July 26-28 we participated as volunteers at the Courage Classic, a fund-raising ride benefitting The Children's Hospital in Denver which treats chronically ill children (www.couragetours.com). There were over 2000 participants as well as all of their friends and family, so it was a busy and inspiring time in Copper Mountain, Colorado. Quite a few of the riders were children and young people who are in and out of treatment regularly but who still rode 60 miles a day. (And I complain about my 6-mile, slightly uphill grade, ride to work with a fully healthy body!) Steven provided mechanical support to many, many people and their bikes while I helped out answering questions and selling products in the Bicycle Village tent.

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On our last day in Copper, we got to go for a ride of our own. There is a beautiful paved bike path that goes throughout all of Summit County (where most of the famous Colorado ski resorts are located); we rode over Vail Pass and down a super fun, fast section towards the town of Vail. Parts of the path are right next to the Interstate, so it can be a little intimidating to be riding directly next to speeding cars and semis, but lots of fun, too when you see how fast you're going. Then we had to come all the way back up, of course! Our total ride was almost exactly 20 miles; less than 5 minutes after we got back to the car a huge thunderstorm started. It turned out to be one of the biggest storms the area had seen in a long time, so our timing was just perfect.