Next up!

I have been home for an astonishing 3 weeks. In my current world of travel, that seems like a year. I have managed to squeeze in as much friend time, running, house stuff and more in these few weeks home. Tomorrow I head out for a weekend event in Mount Snow, VT. It is the Mountain Bike National Championships and should be a good event...expected attendance of about 10,000 people. It's really beautiful down there and events like that are fun b/c people are just so psyched to be surrounded by their athletic peers, and the mountain bike crowd is very laid back. Another fun aspect of this particular event is this is one of the first events I ever went to back when I was an intern the first time around at Fuse 4 years ago. I made some great friends and contacts at that event, people I've kept in touch with all these years, been invited to their weddings, gotten hooked up with cool gear, etc. So, I have a good memory of this event and am excited to be back there! Not to mention that I JUST got my road bike and am planning on bringing it with me to take it for some small spins...nothing crazy, no clipping in to my pedals yet, just getting to know my bike, and cruise to and from the event, so that is exciting too.

After this weekend, I will be home for 3 days and then head out again next Thursday down to Readington, NJ for the New Jersey Festival of Ballooning. This should also be an interesting event and it already makes me think of going to a Balloon festival when we lived in Arizona. My goal is to talk my way into a free hot-air balloon ride.

The weekend after next I will be heading to Attitash, VT for another mountain bike event, the SoBe Downhill Series. This is a pretty small, super mellow event .

So, there you have it. The next three weekends gone. Bitter sweet the travel is. Going to different cities, meeting new people, being outside all day is great but summer is my favorite season and there's so much going on that it's really hard for me to be away and miss out on so much time with friends on weekends. Summer is the time of BBQ's and lawn games, festivals and concerts on the grass, random rendezvous out in the sun and more. So, it's tough no doubt and it has definitely begun to take it's toll on me but I just have to look forward to time home, maximize time with friends when I am in town during the week, and then pack my weekends-at-home full of fun events and activities.