I think this might be the longest I've gone without posting... That definitely wasn't my goal which is why I'm not going to extend that time any longer! So without further delay, here's a brief summary of my summer. It's been over 6 months since I last posted, so I'm actually going to to start with a few old pictures of notable moments from the end of last season. And I threw in few pictures from my spring vacation... because who doesn't want to see a few wildflower photos!
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| In March, four of my teammates and I competed at World Cup Finals in Quebec City (not pictured is Ben and Ida). It was really fun to be there with my GRP teammates and to have so many friends and family members cheering for us (photo: Gretchen Powers) |
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| We wrapped up our season with SuperTour Finals in Fairbanks, AK. The definite highlight of the week was the team relay. Our wax-tech/friend Ollie stepped up to the plate and raced the anchor leg so we could have an official team which was awesome and a ton of fun! |
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| Exploring Virginia! My mom and I camped on Lake Moomaw for a few days which was lovely. It reminded me a bit of Vermont. |
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| More Virginia scenery |
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| And, of course, some wildflowers! This is a Bloodroot flower (Sanguinaria canadensis) |
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| And a flowering Eastern Redbud tree (Cercis canadensis) |
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| One of my spring projects involved making a few cork boards from wine corks I collected in middle school from the park in front of the Eiffel Tower! As you can see, I've been meaning to do this for a while... |
As always summer has flown by in a blur of training, work, and family time. We do the bulk of our training volume in the summer as well as most of our work for the Center so we are kept on our toes. It's also the most time we spend at home in Vermont which makes it the perfect opportunity to hang with my family. I find it easy to be busy, but much harder to take the rest time I need. I'm getting better at that though! This summer we were again joined by three college skiers who were a lot of fun to train with and get to know. Here's a smattering of summer photos to illustrate some of my summer activities/adventures. There are quite a few nature photos, but just know that I did weed out a lot of them...
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| View from the top of Belvidere Mountain during an early summer hike with my sister |
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| Looking out from Heavens Bench at Kingdom Trails. I was quite happy to make it to Burke twice this summer to go mountain biking! |
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| Drafting some farm equipment (photo: Pepa) |
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| Local barn dance fundraiser at the Rowell's! The barn floor was bouncing so much I thought it might break! |
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| Roof rafters |
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| Finally some good weather for the weekly Tuesday Night Citizens' Race! We have notoriously rainy/thundiferous weather every Tuesday so we're always grateful when the sun peaks out. The solar panels also appreciated the rays... And the rainbow was an added bonus! |
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| Got to spend every Wednesday afternoon biking with this fun crew! |
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| My favorite view driving home to Elmore |
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| Some cows chilling in their field |
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| George the hiking newt |
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| A Wood Turtle munching its leafy lunch |
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| A dewy spiderweb |
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| Some Chicken of the Woods |
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| Off to the Entmoot!! |
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| Millers on vacation - knitting and napping on the beach |
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| One of the giant spinning machines at the Green Mountain Spinnery! I had a lot of fun checking out all the machinery and would love to see them in action sometime. |
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| So much yarn! I've been doing some knitting this summer in preparation for restocking my Etsy shop this fall. |
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| Summer at Elinors! |
That's all for now. Thanks for reading and my next post will be from snowy New Zealand! And I won't wait six months to write it!
