24 March 2014

Our Getaway

Wife kidnapped me and took me up to the Mountains for an anniversary vacation.  GREAT TIME with my wife.  So glad to spend some quality time with her.  Had a GREAT dinner at the Olde Hickory Tap Room, some good beers, some good art appreciation, and lots of laughs.

NC Aboreteum

Went to another Y Princess event with Lucy's tribe at the NC Aboretum.  They had a bunch of events and stations for the girls.  If you read this years later, and we have a nice Japanese Maple, it started here!

Water, Water, Get Your Water...

This year for the Y Princess Spring Outing Chief Challenge patch, we have to do 5 random acts of kindness.  One of the possible choices is to pass out water on a Greenway.  Lucy, Myra, and I joined Myra's tribe on the Neuse River Greenway.  Great time, and so many riders/runners were so appreciative!

Biking Through the River

Since I am not running much these days, I've been doing a lot of biking.  Long rides of 13+ miles.  Mostly on the Greenway.  Went a couple weekends ago and found lots of flooded Greenways.  With all the rain and snow in the mountains, they were letting more water out of the Dam.  So the Neuse flooded the Greenway in a lot of places.  I rode through at first, just a little, then found this long, about 1/4 mile part flooded.  Water up to the top of my tire.  Talk about your good workouts.  I kept peddling so I wouldn't get too wet.  Phew!

Soccer for Myra

Myra started soccer at Y.  She is actually pretty good, probably the 2nd best on the team.  In her game last weekend SHE GOT A GOALLLLL!  So fun to watch.

Here We Go A Munzee-ing

Spent a fun afternoon with girls, deploying and finding some Munzees.  Mommy got a nice rest and we found some great Munzees.

Look What I Got!

Yup, finally got my Nest.  We had our upstairs heat/ac replaced and I got a Nest thermostat.  Cool.  I can control from anywhere.

14 March 2014

New Greenway Addition!

Went to Honeycutt Park yesterday to see how the new Greenway connection was progressing.  By the looks of these pictures, pretty good.  It is going to be a great Greenway when they finish it.  Right now, lots of unpaved trail, and unfinished bridges, but pretty cool.  The tunnel goes under 540, so pretty awesome there.  We did some urban adventuring!




Lucy Defying Gravity

Mini-Spring Break for me, so we have been doing a lot of Staycation events.  Went to Defy Gravity the other day.  Fun place with lots of jumping!

Y Princess Kite Day

Fun day at Carter-Finley last weekend, as we attended Y Guide Kite Day.  Fun!

Myra's Elephant

Myra had to create a 3D animal for school.  Mommy, Myra, and I designed this cute elephant!

Myra Starts Soccer

Myra joined a soccer team at the Y.  She is a Flare.  Pretty good on the team too, maybe second to one other girl.  First game tomorrow, so we will see how she does!

New Sheetz Alert!

Yup, a new close to us Sheetz, right off Litchford.  Pretty nice design, with comfy seating, as the girls show.  First of two pretty close to us these days.