Back in the PNW!





Charlie was ready to take a break from the road and stay in one place for a while. And as much as I like traveling it’s always nice to get back home for a while. It’s especially nice when you left everything clean before leaving. 

The first week back was pretty routine catching up on mail and laundry. We went to a bull riding in Cottage Grove with a stop at the Covered Bridge Brewery on the way. It’s nice to see things starting to open up. 



I was starting to feel pretty run done and generally not good all over. I knew the trip probably had something to do with it but I think it was more that I was coming up on my next treatment. After my treatment on Thursday I felt better and decided to try to do an in person race on Saturday. It had a noon start so I figured it was better to try one with a late start so I could get myself in a good place before racing. It was the Run 4 Love 5K at Alton Baker Park. It was a better effort than I expected so that felt good. I even felt decent the next day and went for a two mile walk on Lynx Hollow. I was worried the vultures knew something I didn’t because they were waiting and watching. Lol












After having purchased tickets for the Olympic Trials over two years ago they were finally able to tell us that they were going to honor them. They were going to have to limit the amount of fans and have vaccinated and unvaccinated sections but we were going to be able to attend. I was really looking forward to it. 








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