Been a bit busy with work and outside projects but we all took off for the White Mountains on July 1st. Spent a week at Bretton Woods and the Mount Washington Resort, swimming with the kids, watching the fireworks, and relaxing with Laurie, Yannick, Linda, Kirsten. Celebrated my 40th birthday there. I am still amazed I lasted this long… 
Thinking it would be a fairly easy birthday workout, I rode my mountain bike the five or six miles from our condo located off of Base Road up to Marshfield Station and the Cog Railroad. I was sucking wind by the summit but the view and cool air more than made up for my agonizing ride up to 2700 ft (about a 1000 ft ascent.) I have to admit, I felt smug looking around at the overweight 40-somethings getting out of their cars, fumbling for a smoke and then noticing that I had biked up. Next year, I will make the climb even faster.
