Which leads me to explain why there will not be any pictures of this trip. During the triathlon it started to rain and I had forgot to cover my bag that had my camera in it. A pool of water gathered at the bottom of the bag (where my camera was of course sitting) and it is ruined... again. I swear I am buying a water proof camera! Now if only they made water proof phones.
The Race
So we competed in the Rigby Lake Triathlon on Saturday. We did the Olympic distance which was good training for my half ironman in September. The race was SUPER small. They only had 170 ish people enter and more than half of them were doing the sprint distance. Small races can be really fun and this one was fairly well organized. But I'll be honest it wasn't amazingly done. But for what it was it was pretty good.
While I was really happy with how I did, I thought I worked hard. I still hadn't dropped any time. I think my biking is really slowing me down. I need to ride more... darn running. It just keeps getting in the way.
Josh did pretty well as well. I had just a little faster bike and run times, but his swim time is what killed him. He doesn't like swimming very much so he never trains, so he struggles a little and is still pretty slow.
Overall I think we both really enjoyed the race and the wheather was perfect. It was almost chilly and it was cloudy the whole time. And it did rain a little during the race. But not too badly.
Idaho
Idaho was gorgeous! It was very green and the air is so clean. I must say I do love a small town. Josh's brother Jonathon lives in a big house with 6 acres, 6 horses, a goat and 3 chickens. Their house is prettily situated down a quiet road which was ideal for Buttercup's (my dog) and mines daily walks. It is a nice feeling to have so much space and quiet. I wish we had more. But I suppose that I must wait to earn my fortune before I can afford something like that.
Saturday Evening we drove highway 20 to Island park. Island Park is up in some sort of canyon and is absolutely gorgeous. We went up to see Josh's Nephew play cello in the concert. We didn't last long though because neither Josh or I brought jackets and it started to rian. So we bailed out after dinner and drove home. I'd love to go back though. Here let me find some pictures online that I can show you of the place.
So we didn't get to see much of the place. But I'd love to go back. It was really really nice.
Sunday afternoon before we left. Jon and Catherine (my in-laws) agreed to take me on a horse back ride. I haven't been since I was very little because I allergic to animals and they actually cause asthma attacks in a bad way. However, I hoped that if I used my inhaler and we got out into fresh air, maybe I would be ok. And for the most part I was.
We went to some sand dunes by a race track and exercised the horses there, where it would be a soft landing in case I fell. I managed to stay on the horse and felt even a little comfortable on him, that is until she decided that she wanted to roll in the sand... I had no idea what was happening. Catherine just started yelling at me to jump off as the horse started to kneel down on the ground and roll over. I did fortunately manage to jump off before she squished me into the soft sand. I doubt I would have been injured even if I had stayed on.. maybe just a few bruises is all.
Its always hard to leave vacations, but I was glad to come home to my own house.
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