1st Blog - Labor Day, etc.

Well, I am new to the whole blogging scene, but a couple of friends have blogs and I really enjoy reading them, so I thought I would try this out! Our lives have been pretty exciting lately with moving to San Francisco in July, Neils starting his new job at Coca Cola Enterprises (CCE) last month and a fun vacation to Lake Tahoe, so at least I have something to write about! September is one of the busiest months of the year for me with work, so I have been doing a lot of traveling. Last week, I flew to Orange County (O.C.) for a day and then flew to Seattle the next day for a tradeshow. This week, it's back to LA for me on Wednesday, but only for 1 night. It gets pretty hectic with scheduling all the travel and other commitments, as I am a mentor for Team in Training (see my fundraising site at http://pages.teamintraining.org/sj/nikesf08/gbrewer). So that takes up my time on Tuesday and Thursday evenings and every other Saturday morning for Team training runs. Neils is keeping pretty busy too with his new job as a sales rep for CCE. He has been working some long days, but his weekends allow time for his favorite hobby - golf. We also got new bikes a couple of months ago, so we have been riding together whenever we can. Last Sunday we rode about 20 miles. Our route started at our house in SF, through Golden Gate Park and the Presidio and over the Golden Gate Bridge to Sausalito (a quaint town North of SF). We had breakfast with Erin and Jason at a great little place on the water in Sausalito and then rode the ferry back across the Bay to SF. Because it was Labor Day weekend, there were about a million tourists and so our ride back home from the Embarcadero was a little frustrating. But it was a beautiful day and we had so much fun! It would be nice if I had some pics of that day, but I don't! I do have some pics from our trip last month to Lake Tahoe. We took a little vacation with Neils' Family before he started the new job. We were in South Lake Tahoe for 2 nights with Cousin Aaron and then we headed over to Homewood in West Lake Tahoe to hook up with the rest of the family - Neils' parents and sister (Blaine, Sidne and Abbe). On the south shore, we rode bikes, hiked, swam and did a little gambling. On the west shore, we did all of that but no gambling. Sidne, Abbe and I also rafted down the Truckee river and it was really fun! I have posted the minimal pics I have from the trip. I guess I need to start taking more pictures!

Me eating a piece of Toxic Waste REALLY SOUR candy!

Me, Sidne, Neils, Blaine, Abbe and Cousin Aaron at Chambers Landing in Homewood.