We may finally be seeing a shift towards monsoonal weather here in Utah, which should bring some desperately needed rain (but hopefully not too much lightning). Of course, the pattern shift came on a weekend, when we would like to be weekending, but at this point in the drought complaining about rain - any rain - is not allowed.
On Saturday, H did his longest trail run in almost a year: twelve miles, and then rallied for a short road ride just to shake his legs out. He was pretty much done after that which, understandable. And also impressive. Meanwhile, Milton and I did our puny five mile Dimple Dell loop where he got to chase and be chased by a dog buddy and cadged trail snacks from two different dog walkers, and we saw three deers. After that, things got domestic with laundry and cleaning. I used up the last of the cherry tomatoes in a medium-spicy sauce (for tacos and burrito bowls) for the freezer. I also did a batch of chickpeas in the InstantPot; disassembled and successfully reassembled said InstantPot for cleaning (hooray for YouTube videos!); and made a batch of black beans in the InstantPot. And walk to the library got my day's mileage up to seven.
The plan had been for an Alta hike on Sunday but dark clouds and windy conditions threatened rain all across the Wasatch Front. Milton and I did a slightly shorter version of the Dimple Dell loop, and got sprinkled on nearly the whole time, while H wrangled his slightly fatigued legs into an hour's road ride. Back home, there was broccoli to blanch and freeze, breakfast oatmeal and lunch green smoothies to prep and, of course, more laundry while the weather persisted. Around 11, the sun started trying to come out. I put the dog on his tie-out so he could stare at the neighbors as I did some much needed weeding. The weekend culminated with an in-garage tail-gating session to pre-celebrate our wedding anniversary with frozen watermelon margaritas. What? I needed to clear some freezer space.
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