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Harlan and I enjoyed a recent trip to Portland to visit my mom's side of the family. We were there for 5 days while Mike stayed back and trained for a mountain bike race and hung out with Kitty. It was sunny and beautiful the whole trip, save for a ten minute torrential downpour. We returned to Gunnison to a week of dreary weather (rain, clouds, hail, even lightning). Fortunately, our garden has been growing like crazy. Caterpillars keep eating the spinach. 

While in Portland, We went to the Oregon Zoo, out to dinner for my aunt Sandy's birthday, a little bit of shopping, but no trip to the beach this time around. We are looking forward to a 2 week trip to Maryland June 1-15th. Harlan did way better than I expected on the plane, and my arms got a lot stronger from carrying him around for a week! He's a walking boy now, and he has great balance. We're excited to teach him how to snowboard!

Mike completed one of the most technical mountain bike races in the nation yesterday. 64 miles, a total of 8000 ft. of climbing at Hartman Rocks, right outside of Gunnison. AND he did it in the rain and hail on a fully rigid single speed (no gears, no shocks!). We are so proud of him! Harlan and I watched him complete his first of two 32 mile laps, but he was going so fast he didn't even see us.