updatey

[ilanarama]

So today I was going to run the Canyonlands Half again, for the first time in some years, but (probably to nobody's surprise) it was canceled due to the need for social distancing. The company that has taken it over, Mad Moose Productions, offered runners the choice to run 13.1 on their own and send in the GPS track or Strava link to receive a medal and t-shirt, or a 65% credit on a future Mad Moose race up to and including next year's Canyonlands, which is what I opted for as I'm terrible at making a race effort on my own. We had originally planned to just go to Moab anyway and go mountain biking, but the weather's terrible, off-and-on rain with hail and lightning all day, and really, it's not so bad being stuck in our beautiful house watching the storms go by. This is a photo from off our back patio earlier in the week, sunrise fog rolling through the valley:



I've been riding my e-bike a lot again, and it's great; also running, and last weekend we got out on the mountain bikes and did a little dirt-road riding. The ski area claims 11" from these past storms, after pretty much zip for the last three weeks, so maybe we'll go skiing again on Monday! ETA: Nope, Governor Polis has closed all ski resorts for a week. At first I thought that was silly, because how do you spread/catch a virus when you're all bundled up in mittens and parkas? Well, duh, when you stop for lunch at the restaurant, or use the restroom, you take off your ski gloves - and lift lines (not that we have them at our tiny place) and chairlifts put you closer than 6 feet to other people. So I'm bummed, but I get it.

Comments

[china_shop]

This is a photo from off our back patio earlier in the week, sunrise fog rolling through the valley:

It hardly looks real. ♥

[ilanarama]

It actually reminds me a bit of the glaciers in the valleys of the South Island! I really love fog and clouds that are lower than our mesa - there's something so delightfully surreal about that kind of view.

[luzula]

Wow, what a view! *admires*

[ilanarama]

Thank you!

[semielliptical]

What a beautiful view! Thanks for sharing it. Have fun skiiing, if that works out!

[ilanarama]

Thank you! And, yeah, all ski areas in the state closed on Sunday for at least a week, by executive order, so no skiing for me. I've been running, at least - very socially distancing :-)

[via_ostiense]

Your view is stunning!

[ilanarama]

Thank you! That view is why we bought the property, as you can imagine.

You didn't build there because you knew "social distancing"

[jesse_the_k]

....was on the horizon. But damn your view makes staying at home a glorious prospect.

Re: You didn't build there because you knew "social distancing"

[ilanarama]

Hee, true that. The biggest bummer is that we had to cancel a small party we were going to hold tomorrow evening!