Showing posts with label biking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label biking. Show all posts

May 21, 2012

Update

My apologies for my lack of blogging lately. Life has been so busy in recent weeks. 

Lets get you caught up. 

I started my summer job as....basically a gardener. I mulch, plant, weed, and water the plants on the IWU campus. I also drive cool little vehicles like Kubotas and gators. I honestly love getting up and getting in the dirt everyday while scoring bronze skin and arm muscle. therapeutic.  


I concluded my 4-Hour Body experience. It was a great and successful time of discipline, and it served its purpose. After hours of food documentaries and research, I have now moved to a whole foods plant based diet. And I can finally eat fruit!





went on a shopping trip to this place and got some new gear for Colorado. Mountains here we come. 




girls camping trip (yes we did put the tent up all by ourselves)





community garen plot, weeded and tilled. SO excited to grow my own veggies and herbs :)




new Trek road bikes as a graduation gift from our parents. It took a total of five hours in the bike shop including test riding and bike fitting. Afterward we went on a fifteen mile ride with my Dad, the triathlon man. 






witnessed the marriage of our close friends, Marie and Cory. One of the most beautiful weddings I have ever seen. 


(photo by George Flattery)


reunited with my bests from Michigan. Thank you Lord for these beautiful people. 








So far, May has been a great kickoff to a fun packed and carefree summer. We will spend the rest of it in the outdoors with friends and family and food from the ground and bike rides and road trips with a little bit of sleeping in. Just a little. 

And then... 

off to Colorado :) 












Apr 20, 2011

Highlights.


This week was full of beauty. We had our last overnight trip - a six day adventure in the west of Ireland. We traveled everywhere and stayed in three different hotels. I saw more cows and sheep than I ever have, I ate dinner at the best Italian restaurant, and I saw the most amazing landscapes in the whole country.

Here are some of my favorites from the trip:

Kissing the Blarney Stone






Boat ride to the Gap of Dunloe, with a challenging 3 hour hike to follow





The Muckross House, beautiful decor and furniture inside!



The Dingle Peninsula, better than any other site in the country



Cliffs of Moher



The mint chocolate chip ice cream on the Aran Islands



biking around Inis Mor Island



and one of the more thrilling experiences - looking over the cliff at Dun Aengus