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That Time Again

Well, we started The first grade with no real to-do. But I do have to ask, what happened to the cheap paperboard pencil boxes of my youth? Seriously.

Enjoying Boulder

So we've been in Boulder for a few days now and we are having quite a lovely time. 

Rowan got his hair cut today, and it is quite lovely. He even managed to retain some of his curly locks, which is fantastic. 

London was able to go see the Cirque du Soleil with his Neepa, Grandma Boodles, Uncle Kevin, Aunt Claudia and his cousin Aaron and he had a great time! Neepa got him a mask and he simply loves it.

We have been eating quite well, going to Luciel's, LarkBurger, the Westend Tavern, and so on. 

Looks like it is time for dinner—more great food from Nick and Willy's. More later. 

Heading to Colorado

So we're heading to Colorado in a couple of days to do some general visiting, and our timing couldn't be better. In the last couple of days Rowan, the 17-month-old, has really learned how to scream. And since we are parents not prone to give into the screams or other nonsense, this could be a fun flight. 

But we are traveling in late morning so, if the poor folks on that flight are lucky, he may take a nap. Heck, he may love the whole thing. He really does love car rides and doesn't make a fuss, so we'll see. 

But it has been a while since we've been back, so it will be good to see everyone. 

Back to normal

It is so nice that our weather here in Portland has returned to normal. It was getting quite, well, nasty.

Something to look forward to

80s? Fine. Even 90. Fine. But 98? No thanks sir, no thanks.

So we went to Bend

So we spent this past weekend in Bend, OR, which is a pretty awesome place. We have been wanting to camp at Tumalo State Park since we moved to Oregon back in 2003, but it never worked out, until now. 

The campground itself has a set of solar showers, which are quite nice, but the overall site isn't that spectacular. Our particular site was little more than a thick covering of dust—a feature that was not that common to the park, we were just lucky.

But the environment was wonderful. A nice change from the ever-green of Portland. It was fun to play in the Deschutes, (river, not the brewery)  which ran right through the camp, and I cannot tell you how exciting it was to see stars again. Beautiful! 

Rowan was slightly off his game for this trip. He seemed to be missing something—toys, the familiar, I'm not sure. But, for the most part, he had fun. 

London made a lot of new friends, which is always fun to see, and Sarah and I tried to keep our phones charged so that we could read the live feeds from the Tour. Good times. 

Bend itself was pretty impressive. The number of cyclists with Dura-Ace components was well above average and even the highway had a designated bike lane. Nice. I think Chris Horner lives here as well as some other cycling greats. 

We also went to Newberry Caldera, which is just a bit south of Bend, to see their 1300-year-old obsedian flow. Very cool. 

London was a bit nervous about being in a caldera so there are no pictures of him smiling while there, but I don't think he was traumatized. We'll see.

A couple of favorite pictures

I was just looking through the albums and found some really fun pictures. Well, at least they are to me, so I thought I'd share. They are after the jump. Enjoy.

Thanks for visiting the new address

I apologize for switching our blog address on you. I wanted to move to a different setup that would allow us to utilize more of the technology that we have at our disposal. With this move you should see an increase in the frequency of our posts, which I do hope you will find appealing. It is always hard to see you grandchildren, nephews, sons, and daughters grow up so far from you, so we are hoping that this will help keep you informed as we embrace our many new adventures our here in the great Pacific Northwest. 

Armstrong in 2nd as Astana Wins Time Trial - NYTimes.com

Armstrong in 2nd as Astana Wins Time Trial - NYTimes.com.

Woo hoo! Of course we don't know what is going to happen over the course of the next three weeks, but it is great to see a guy come out of retirement and prove that he can best the kids. That is, it makes me feel no-so-old and there are fewer and fewer things that give me that feeling these days. 

Robbie McEwen said via his Twitter feed: mcewenrobbieI'm sure @Lancearmstrong did that on purpose to leave cancellara in the jersey. He sat up in last 50m. Nice. I repeat, LA will win.

I noticed that too. Nice to see I wasn't the only one.

Kindergarten Graduation

Today was London's last day of Kindergarten. Man, that went fast. I am really impressed with how much he has grown as an emotional being over this last year and the depth of his friendships reinforces my love for our little piece of the Northwest.

He had some great teachers—Angela and Mrs. Tursi—that he will miss. Angela is moving on to Ithaca, NY, but Mrs Tursi will still be around next year, so that will be nice.