Happy Belated Memorial Day!

I'm sorry I've been gone for so long, but I've been busy getting ready to go to CHINA! So I've been running around in circles (very disorganized, I am) trying to get everything together.

Actually, I've been running around like crazy these past few days, cause I spent all weekend having FUN. I went on an organized bike ride (for fun, not speed) out to Sauvie Island, for the sole purpose of picking strawberries at Kruger's Farm. In addition to being a blast, it was a pretty good workout too- about 40 miles roundtrip. There were about 15 of us, plus two kiddies, and after scouring through the first crop of the season, we loaded our berries on the bikes, and headed to Peninsula Park Commons for a berry bikey bash :), complete with strawberry blender spirits, brisket, grilled asparagus and garlic buds (kinda like baby garlic?...), and great conversation about bike advocacy and activism. Jonathan Maus, the energizer bunny behind BikePortland was there with his lovely family, and we got to chat a bit about mapping out bike-related data (I offered to help if the need ever arose). It was such a wonderful day. This is why I love this town so much; any given weekend, there is an organized bike ride with really smart, passionate, and interesting folk. (Pictures coming soon...but for now, check out me and B on Jonathan's site)

In addition to the big ride, I rode the bike every chance I got this weekend, now that my bike is much more comfy since getting my handlebars adjusted (I was leaning over too far). Also, I went for a few runs. I haven't posted a lot about the running, but mainly cause I'm working my way back to running 6 miles (which is totally boring to talk about...again). I had to drop out of PFit after missing three weeks, but I plan to continue to train on my own towards a half mary this fall.

I hope to post again and give more details about my upcoming trip to the Middle Kingdom, but for now, I'm so excited, all I can say is...

Eeeeeeeeeeee!!!!