Got out for some snowshoeing up at Yuba Gap this weekend. Mike and Weilei brought one of Mike’s coworkers from India along and I took Mom out for her first time snowshoeing. She loved it and is already planning her next trip. It snowed on us most of the trip but the roads were in good shape, the only problem with the driving was the traffic going home. I couldn’t quite understand why there were so many cars on the road until I was informed that this last week was a snow week for a lot of schools so that probably explains all of the traffic.
The next time we go we’re gonna leave early in the morning and see if we can get out for a longer trip, but it’s enough work that I hesitate to take people out for 6 miles on their first day of shoeing. Some photos are included below to bore those of you who like photos
Got out this weekend for a bit of snowshoeing. My mom bought some snowshoes for Amy and I for Christmas and it was the first weekend that we’ve been able to get out and give them a test run. So Sunday morning we drove up to Roseville REI and picked up a 2010 Sno-Park Pass and then headed up to Donner Pass to do our first run. Parking was easy, and it was just a short walk from the parking lot to the left of Boreal under I-80 to the north where the trail started. There were a lot of dogs and Brodie didn’t know whether to go and play with them or roll around in the snow. To say he likes snow is an understatement.
We headed up the hill and into a meadow covered with snow. There were trails going everywhere so we opted to follow a trail that meandered through the meadow hoping that it went somewhere interesting. After about 10 minutes the trail left the meadow and started climbing up a hill. Within about 5 minutes of climbing I could definitely feel the altitude but it was just so quiet and peaceful it was worth all of the work. We stopped where we had a bit of a view and shared some water and a Clif Bar and Amy fed Brodie snow.
As we approached the highest elevation we would see for the day, we could look back across the valley and just see the top of Boreal (see image below). We wandered around along the top of the trail looking to see where we could drop back down to the meadow when we caught sight of another trail and were able to move down the hill and come out north of the meadow, after about 10 minutes of walking we were back in the meadow and headed for the car.
I was surprised about how much work snowshoeing was, but the rewards were definitely worth it. We were able to get outdoors and take the dog for a walk and see some really great views. We debated going into Reno for dinner and to see some friends but we got a late start and figured we wouldn’t get home until 10pm if we went to Reno and we both had things that needed to be done before work on Monday. So we dropped back into Auburn, stopped at Ikeda’s for a burger and headed home. Brodie slept in the backseat the whole way home.
Well enough people have mentioned that I haven’t updated in a while that I suppose it’s time for an update.
Work stuff.. Business has been picking up and I’ve been spending a lot of time with my head in an IDE working. I’ve been learning a ton of good stuff and maybe I’ll post some things I’ve learned at some point. I’ve also been plugging away on a new product and I have a demo of it up and available to a limited group of beta testers, there’s a bunch to do but I’m pretty happy with the results thus far.
Exercise stuff.. I’ve been doing some boxing and that has been a lot of fun, the workout for boxing is great and it’s nice to get into the gym 2-3 times a week and just go hard for couple of hours. I’m finally starting to get acclimated to the workout and have been able to start focusing on technique a little bit more and that’s been a lot of fun. There’s a lot to learn and it gets me out of my head each time I go. I also setup a website for the gym you can find it at www.oldschoolboxinggym.com
Bicycling… I’ve done some bicycling off and on since I got home from Washington in July but nothing terribly focused. Colin and I were talking the other day and I think I’m going to shoot for doing the Davis Double Century in May next year, although Colin is trying to pressure me into doing the Solvang Double at the end of March. It’ll take some time to get my base built up for a double so I’m not sure if I can swing end of march but it’s a goal.
Getting Things Done … I read Getting Things Done about 6 weeks ago and I’ve taken a couple of things from that book and implemented them. Setting up a decent filing system, setting up a tickler file and setting up some other processes to make my paperwork/mail processing/etc is now a lot easier to keep track of than it was before. I also picked up OmniFocus for both my computer and my iphone and those are working out pretty good. I don’t know if it would work for everyone, but I think it’s worth giving it a shot. I have definitely noticed a huge boost in productivity as a result and I have also noticed that it’s a lot easier for me to get into a flow state as a result of having things all in front of me in a reasonable manageable way.
I’m still feeling under the weather but I was able to get a weight workout in today. Hopefully I can get this going through Sunday and actually take my schedule break. We’ll see tomorrow’s cardio workout is gonna be a bear if I don’t start feeling better. On the upside I found a great package of dried fruit at Costco tonight. Blueberries, cranberries, cherries, and something else. I’ve been looking for something to throw on my breakfast cereal in the morning. Hopefully it tastes as good as it sounds right now, I need to quit shopping when I’m hungry.
Weight training day:
- curls – (15×3)
- military press – (15×3)
- dumbbell rows – (15×3)
- bench press – (15×3)
- pullups – none tonight…hey!, it’s consistent with my previous results so far this month
Today I got up late and go busy with work and some other things so I wasn’t able to get out for a run. So I opted to just do my cardio on the bicycle in the evening. I worked up a good sweat but it wasn’t as intense as last week’s workouts on the bike. Not sure what’s going on, it’s possible that I’m a little burned out. I’m looking forward to taking sunday off and heading out to sf for SHDH.
Cardio Day:
Bicycle Ride – (30m2s/360kcal)
