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So yeah, two months…

I’ve managed to go two months without updating the blog.  Pretty sad, I know.  Here’s a brief synopsis of what’s been going on.

April 11th – My good friends Jon and Meredith were married in Murrells Inlet, SC.  Kristin and I drove down on a Friday, leaving at the crack of dawn to make it to the rehersal by early afternoon.  I was a groomsman, which was a first for me.  It was a beautiful weekend and a great setting.  Got to love hanging out on a beach and a wedding in botanical gardens.  All the pictures from the weekend are here.

May 4th – Kristin, Mike, Molly, and I headed up to NYC for the second annual installment of the Five Boro Bike Tour.  Unlike last year, it was basically rain free and we completed the whole thing.  We arrived, checked into our crazy nice, upgraded and comped due to reservation snafu, $1000/night hotel rooms, grabbed dinner and then woke up way too early to ride 42 miles of NY streets with 30,000 people.  It was fun but with a lot of stop and go that made it pretty frustrating.  Kristin and I got split from Mike and Molly early on and didn’t reunite with them until back at the hotel.  It was a whirlwind 36 hour trip and probably our last go at the Five Boros.  Next year we’re going to look for an adventure that requires dealing with less people who don’t know how to ride bikes, in such a confined space…  :-)  All the NYC pictures are here.

May 10th – I spent the weekend in Richmond helping my parents pack their house.  They just moved down to Greenville, SC and are officially retired!  I took a run through the neighborhood and snapped a few pictures for old time’s sake.  We also visited Alex and Matt to see their baby goats, which were awesome.  Richmond pics are here.

May 29th – I drove down to Charlottesville on Saturday for the Blue Ridge Mountain Rescue Group 35th anniversary hike and cookout.  I ended up hiking solo at Sugar Hollow.  I found out later that others showed up late and very late but we all never crossed paths.  Then it was on to Mint Springs Park for some grilling and hanging out.  We ended up with around 25 people over the course of the day and I got to catch up with a number of old friends I haven’t seen in as much as 10 years.  We closed the place down and departed with grand plans to do something again sooner than 10 years from now.  I hope we can follow through!  All my pictures are here.

Those are the highlights.  As usual, work has been really busy and will be especially nuts through June.  My next real trip is scheduled for the first week of July.  Jared and I are both flying into Greenville, SC to visit the parents and see their new house.  Then, it’s back up to Charlottesville the following weekend for Dan and Bru’s wedding!    I’m hoping to get out to Seattle to hang out with Jared toward the end of the summer too.

Happy Memorial Day!  I’ll check back in a few months…  ;-)