Hello friends, and greetings from Tahoe City, CA!
If you haven't caught up with us just yet, we're in the Lake Tahoe area because BEN'S RUNNING WESTERN STATES IN THREE DAYS!! Race week(end) is coming! This is also a friends-cation for us-- not only are Mama and Papa Bartley coming, but our friends Maria and Chris flew out with us, and three other friends - Eric, Anne, and Chris - are meeting us in Tahoe. Together, we're all going to be Ben's WS100 crew.
I'm going to make these blog posts short and sweet by speedblogging - and hopefully include some pictures and not bore you with super mundane details. Since this is more of a relaxed vacation, we'll try to update you on some of the other things we've been writing about, especially Ben's WS100 prep and pre-race thoughts.
So here's what's gone down so far:
After working during the day and scrambling to pack, we caught our evening flight out of Indy last night. Hooray for Southwest - we checked in early enough to be able to sit together!
When the flight attendant found out Ben was going to run 100 miles, she took her basket of airplane treats and started piling more cookies and peanuts onto his tray.
There was a layover in Las Vegas. Unfortunately, we didn't have enough time to hit any of the slots. We pretty much walked across every terminal of McCarran to find some food.
By the time we got to our destination airport in Reno, NV, it was 11pm and we were SO tired... since it was 2am Eastern time. None of us could stay awake. And since we have friends with cars coming to meet us, we took a Town Car to our place about an hour from Reno. Our driver told us about all of the things we need to know and we had a good time (sleepily) talking to our driver about the wildlife around here, things to do and see, and places to eat. We learned that the bears here are mostly docile (about 200 pounds) and most afraid of humans. Mostly. I guess they occasionally come out bumming around town like people do but aren't considered a threat by people around here (unless you've got food). Good to know! He also warned us that mountain lions will stalk from higher ground and pounce on prey - including humans. At night. So he told us to look out for mountain lions perched above us if we're out in the dark. Terrifying much?
Our home for the next few days is a condo near Tahoe City, just a 1.5 jaunt from the center of town. There is a loft with a queen-size bed, except the problem is... you have to climb this thing to get to it.
We passed out and went to bed quickly after we reached the condo. It's just the four of us for now. This morning, Maria, Chris, and I walked 1.5 miles to the grocery store in town along the multi-purpose path that runs along the lake. Why does walking 1.5 miles seem so much more painful than running it?! The weird thing about CA is that there are a ton of fruits and vegetables we didn't recognize at the grocery store -- I found 3 different kinds of mangoes, some type of melon I never saw before, and some veggies that looked like miniature heads of cauliflower/broccoli. I can't wait to try 'em! Of note, (a few minutes after leaving the store) Maria was nearly attacked by a little black bird. Also, the weather's awesome - the high is 70 degrees and sunny!
Breakfast was amazing and strangely, fun. We all brought our talents to the kitchen: Maria coordinated the food we'd make and prepped/chopped, Chris made guacamole, Ben made spinach/turkey omelettes for us, and I made sweet potato hash (Gala apple + mango chicken sausage + diced sweet potatoes w/ cinnamon). Something I learned this morning: pico de gallo + mashed avocado + fresh squeezed lime = fresh guac! And now... a picture of the best breakfast ever:
If this is any indication of how we're going to eat for the rest of the week, this is exciting.
We're all still kind of exhausted, but our friends Eric & Anne are on their way to come and bring us to the beach or see more of Tahoe. Time for some adventuring!!
Ps- In other news, Toby turned 22 weeks old on Monday. He's a growing boy - we miss him!
If you haven't caught up with us just yet, we're in the Lake Tahoe area because BEN'S RUNNING WESTERN STATES IN THREE DAYS!! Race week(end) is coming! This is also a friends-cation for us-- not only are Mama and Papa Bartley coming, but our friends Maria and Chris flew out with us, and three other friends - Eric, Anne, and Chris - are meeting us in Tahoe. Together, we're all going to be Ben's WS100 crew.
I'm going to make these blog posts short and sweet by speedblogging - and hopefully include some pictures and not bore you with super mundane details. Since this is more of a relaxed vacation, we'll try to update you on some of the other things we've been writing about, especially Ben's WS100 prep and pre-race thoughts.
So here's what's gone down so far:
After working during the day and scrambling to pack, we caught our evening flight out of Indy last night. Hooray for Southwest - we checked in early enough to be able to sit together!
When the flight attendant found out Ben was going to run 100 miles, she took her basket of airplane treats and started piling more cookies and peanuts onto his tray.
By the time we got to our destination airport in Reno, NV, it was 11pm and we were SO tired... since it was 2am Eastern time. None of us could stay awake. And since we have friends with cars coming to meet us, we took a Town Car to our place about an hour from Reno. Our driver told us about all of the things we need to know and we had a good time (sleepily) talking to our driver about the wildlife around here, things to do and see, and places to eat. We learned that the bears here are mostly docile (about 200 pounds) and most afraid of humans. Mostly. I guess they occasionally come out bumming around town like people do but aren't considered a threat by people around here (unless you've got food). Good to know! He also warned us that mountain lions will stalk from higher ground and pounce on prey - including humans. At night. So he told us to look out for mountain lions perched above us if we're out in the dark. Terrifying much?
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Breakfast was amazing and strangely, fun. We all brought our talents to the kitchen: Maria coordinated the food we'd make and prepped/chopped, Chris made guacamole, Ben made spinach/turkey omelettes for us, and I made sweet potato hash (Gala apple + mango chicken sausage + diced sweet potatoes w/ cinnamon). Something I learned this morning: pico de gallo + mashed avocado + fresh squeezed lime = fresh guac! And now... a picture of the best breakfast ever:
If this is any indication of how we're going to eat for the rest of the week, this is exciting.
We're all still kind of exhausted, but our friends Eric & Anne are on their way to come and bring us to the beach or see more of Tahoe. Time for some adventuring!!
Ps- In other news, Toby turned 22 weeks old on Monday. He's a growing boy - we miss him!
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