Update on life in Anchorage: I've been running, swimming, biking, and working. Update complete.Ok, while that is pretty much true, I'll extrapolate a bit. Flattop (my last post) has become my traditional ride. This past weekend I finally figured out a route up that minimizes the amount of rode that I must be one (only a couple miles). The only drawback of the route is through one of the more bear-active areas of Anchorage. Finding this route took a little recon. The first time I ran into a couple spots that warned of extreme bear activity, resulting in me traveling the OPPOSITE direction. But I finally procured some bear spray and am perfecting whistling and talking to myself while biking. An hour + continuous trail climb is rough (yes I am complaining) but it makes me strong, and the downhill is AMAZING! Nothing like having your arms go numb and hands feel like they can barely hold on any longer!! I keep expanding this ride, and hope to soon make it through the pass then down to the coast!!!
I've also checked out Kincaid park. Kincaid has amazing cross-country ski trails. In the summer that means wide, rolling grass trails, pretty awesome. I did learn a good lesson while I was lost in the glee of thinking how amazing the riding was, to snap out of it as I rode within feet of a 7-foot bull moose. I hear the bull moose are pretty mellow co
mpared to the cow, but they are ENORMOUS. On which idea, I digress: I average probably about 1 moose per run or bike. Yesterday, I saw 3 in one ride alone! Remember in Into the Wild how he freaks out when he sees a moose then goose LFO (life's (...) over) when he spoils the meat. From my experience, I could probably find a new moose to shoot every day, and I'm not even looking for them!! Anyway...Still no bear, but the Newman O's are keeping me strong. Be well, do good work, and enjoy life.
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