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Next week they are headed off to pre-k, first and third grade, but they still rode the tiny carousel at Jaydee’s for me yesterday and smiled for a picture 💙💙💙 I feel like we have played way too many video games this summer and spent too much time inside. Sometimes they’ve even driven me crazy ... but I sure am going to miss them.

Another great Sunday afternoon at one of our favorite places.

Not every adventure is epic. Saturday I push mowed the grass and cleaned up the yard, and Sunday morning we just spent a couple hours at a playground. When school starts next week I will get back to more traditional workouts and putting in more miles. #explorewhereyoulive #runwalkhealth #trtthundersquad #tworiverstreads #familiesthatplaytogetherstaytogether #familyadventures #boymom #mythreesons #beactive

Been on a bit of an Instagram break. We spent the early part of last week staying in our third PATC cabin (kid-free!!), and on the second day we drove about an hour to hike Old Rag. I’d heard of it for years but I did NOT really do my research. Of course I read once we got back that it was pretty much the most dangerous hike in Virginia when it comes to rescues and that you shouldn’t do it in rainy conditions. Oops. Just more evidence that the most fun things are outside of what feels completely safe. This was less a hike than a bouldering expedition — and the term “rock scramble” sounds too cutesy for the scooting, jumping, dipping under and sliding over rocks that we did for two miles. When you google Old Rag you see mostly the same two rock formations but there are countless others. Thankfully though the rain kept away the crowds that I also read about after the fact, and we had the place more or less to ourselves. Too bad we couldn’t see any of the views through the fog. A note about my shoes: I ditched the Topo Hydroventures in favor of Runventure 2s — and I completely prefer the non-waterproof ones. These shoes performed excellently in the wet, slippery conditions and do not get as waterlogged and heavy 👍🏻 #optoutside #choosemountains #virginiaisforlovers❤️ #tworiverstreads #trtthundersquad #runwalkhealth #oldragmountain #shenandoahnationalpark #weekdaysoff #weekdayhike #dateyourspouse #explorewhereyoulive #besthikeever

Bluegrass + Farm. Brilliant! #familyadventures #livemusic #bluegrass #summernights #outdoormusic #almostheaven #gotowv #mywv #musicunderthestars

Cool evening all about trail running! That’s me with Barkley Marathons finisher John Kelly and fellow TRT Thunder-Squader @hipphikergal at the Trails in Motion film fest! So interesting to see what makes ultrarunners tick and how each runner can approach training and running so differently. I will definitely take some lessons from tonight to heart. #tworiverstreads #trtthundersquad #runwalkhealth #trailsinmotion #trailrunning #stilllearning #studentforever

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