The bridge run is coming!

I am training for another bridge run! This year I plan to do it in under an hour! This run was 2 miles to the top of the bridge and back. I will do a couple of these so I can get used to the steep hill! 

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The neighborhood saga

This is one of a lot of neighborhood runs that we do to train for the bridge run. This one was about 2 miles and the others range from 1-3 miles so far. WE do not take pictures of most of them because we run every other day.

Park west wander

I went to the Park west opening to the laurel hill trail and ran 2 miles. This is a fairly new path so its clean and wide. It is a nice run because its not on tarmac and it is pretty flat. After the run we ran and rolled down  this hill.

3 mile walk downtown

I took a three mile walk downtown to look at all the places. Downtown is cool because you can see architecture and learn history at the same time and place! This picture shows me at the cannon street park were there is a fountain you can walk around.          

7 mile hike

We went for a 7 mile hike to Calloway peak. The main thing on this hike was there was a lot of ice! It was fun to half skate half slip on the trail. It was fun to pick the icicles and throw them into a rock. There where also these mysterious ice figures that came out of the ground. They came in small clusters and where easily crushed.There was also a crashed airplane that you could go through the wreckage. You had to climb some ladders to get to the peak. It was really scary  to lay on the rock at the peak.

mile high bridge

We went for a hike to the mile high bridge on Grand father mountain. IT was really scary because it was a windy day. I got freaked out when I stood on the mile high point. As the wind blows, the bridge make a whistling noise and sways back and forth. To top it off, the mile high point is about 8 feet wide with no trees to break the wind and there was ice all around it.

Hike in the snow

We went to North Carolina for the winter break! This was one of the hikes we did. We were lucky enough to have snow! The green leaves in the picture were EVERYWHERE and the snow covered them with a thick layer. They were good for harvesting snow for snow balls. I tried to put hot hands in my shoes but that just made it really uncomfortable to hike. It continued to snow throughout the hike.

Audubon Swamp

I ran in the Audubon Swamp. It's really cool and pretty with the moss and the Cyprus knees.
The dock is nice to run on your in the swamp, but still on a nice flat, hard surface. It is cool when the water is completely covered in algae.