Woke up at 7:15 again to start day 2 of the adventure. My nieces popped down to my room while I was stretching out some left over stiffness from the Keystone adventure. We all got dressed and ready to hit the road again. This time, Brandon and I had 2 kids to drop off at school. Syd and Reagan entertained me with their singing skills, including Monster by Skillet, on the way there. I went in with them where Reagan kept pointing at me and telling people I was her Aunt. I was so proud!
Brandon and I headed over to pick up JV then head to the infamous Green Mountain. I don't ask a lot of questions on my brother's adventures. When he invited me on this one he said, let's go on a run. My only comment was "I don't do the distances you do so don't kill me." I kinda would rather not know all the details. Not that it would psych me out, but it's most likely not going to motiviate me either. I generally have 3 points I care about - Start, Top, Car. I knew it'd be a bit crazy with the snow storm we had, but this was nuts! The snow was 4-8 inches deep. I'm not joking.
B loaned me his B-squad yaktrax so I had some traction since we were all in gym shoes. I took it pretty slow up because I obviously don't know the trail. It was very difficult to determine what you were about to step on. Was it snow? Or a rock under snow? A twig? A log? B told me about some guy who took a step on a run they were on once and all of a sudden he was one leg deep off the side. Great. Save that story for AFTER the trip. I just kept my concentration and made my way to the top in about 1:20 something.
You couldn't see shit. Oh well. And, the stud JV does this thing in 40 minutes with a snow packed trail.
Coming from 600 ft above sea level 36 hours ago and spending the previous day snowboarding, I like my 1:25. We head down to do a loop back to the car. The down hill was a lot of fun. I was able to get some jogging/trotting along the flat parts. One tricky section, JV says "just don't fall or you'll go all the way down". Yea, thanks. Again, save that story for when we are done. About half way down, the front part of the yaktrak came off, then shortly after the front, the back. After a few slides, I stopped to adjust the gear and I was back on my way. We went 5.2 miles in 2:20. Thanks to the boys for letting this turtle tag along! I really did have fun. Guess Brandon might be able to call me "Myrtle" after this trip!
We hit up Larkburger to get another red meat meal in our bellies then headed home. Here's photographic proof since no one will believe me.
Once we got home, I went downstairs to get clean and warmed up. Two of my favorite girls joined me for some cartoons.
Then my third favortite girl joined us too for some more Mario!
Ready for our next adventure tomorrow!
