The Highlights!!: (Early/Mid July)

Okay, I said I was just hitting the highlights but our WHOLE summer was highlight-able! I'm going to have to do this in pieces. Some stuff is too good to miss :)

July was a PACKED month. Not only was the project really starting to ramp up and FLY through work, we had a FULLY LOADED social calendar.

Every year over the 4th of July, Triglav Park has a Triathlon. It was my first year to witness the race or compete. I was really nervous about how competitive it was going to be. As everyone knows, I'm not the MOST athletic lady. (My sister, Abby, got all the lady coordination in the family.) So I chose to watch. I'm so glad I did! The competition and the commentators were SOO fun!!!

The race starts with a swim, out to the dock, around, and back. Then its to the bike, all the way around the lake. Then the 1.5 mile, or so, run through the park up the street and back. 

All the participators of the race were celebrated! Next year, I"M IN! I'll be trained and ready!

My favorite thing about visiting and hanging out at Triglav Park is chilling on the beach or at 'The Hex'.

It is so much fun just to talk to everyone, have some drinks, enjoy the park & sun, and ALWAYS get the chance to watch some Mejac Competition or Stunt in the water. :)

With all that working out earlier in the morning, you would think that the Mejac boys would have spent their energy for the weekend. Not even close!

In a quick conversation about the blue gill population overtaking the lake, the guys decided it was time to thin the heard! Professional net fishermen were born.

When Alex and I got back from our weekend in Milwaukee-Home, we had a couple difficult weeks. Busy at work, busy with family, and just ready for a break. We decided to have a mini-vacation weekend in our own town. Saturday morning, we left early in the morning, to hike ...

Mount Baldy

As close as it looks in that picture, its actually about an hour and a half away. We headed out thinking we would beat the heat for the most intense part of the hike.... We were wrong. Turns out, there are 2 ways to hike up Ole Mt. Baldy.

Path 1: Luxury, Beauty, Awe

Path 2: No Air, Legs dying, I'm gonna collapse!

Did anyone care to tell US that? NOPE! These mid-west noobs just went for it. At the first sight of the hike path, I looked at Alex in panic. He could see the Thought Bubble above my head,

'I'll NEVER be able to do this!'

This is where Alex replies like he has hiked this mountain a million times.

"Don't worry, there is no way that its like this the whole way."

Well it was!!! This great pic is when we were still naive to that fact.

Somewhere around this picture below, we all started to realize that we bit off more than we could chew!

There aren't many pictures after this...probably a good thing. I was sucking air and THANK GOD, so was everyone else. But nevertheless, we burned some SERIOUS calories that day and saw some beautiful views. We didn't summit Mt. Baldy that day though.

After such a strenuous day, Alex and I decided that a beautiful Rib-eye might be in order. To top off our in-town mini-vacay weekend, Alex took me to Ruth's Chris (our favorite place) to celebrate my birthday.

It was such a perfect birthday dinner.

Just us :)