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Thursday, January 11, 2018

Year in Review 2017

Highlights from 2017
(or, My Year in Review) 

Tucson, AZ

U of A Mirror Lab

Tuscon Museum of Art

Biosphere

Tombstone

Corvallis and Portland, OR
Newport, OR

Yahutz, OR
Benton Lane Winery
Texas Hill Country/Canyon Lake



BBQ!!

and PUPPY!!
Kepler, Springer Spaniel out of Kinni River Kennels


And we welcomed Baby Grace into the world in October!



New Books Finished  (Novels, Novellas, Novelettes, Short Stories)
2017 - 122  (29857 pages approximately
2016 - 119 (32652 pages)
2015 - 89 (25726 pages)
2014 - 89 (28442 pages)
2013 - 98    (28277 pages)
2012 - 129  (32617 pages)
2011 - 115  (30365 pages) 
2010 – 80   (21848 pages)
2009 – 45   (16094 pages)
2008 – 45   (14456 pages)








New Recipes Tried
2017 - 100
2016 - 133
2015 - 98
2014 -  109
2013 -  125
2012 -100 
2011 - 95
2010 – 82
2009 - 92
2008 - 129
2007 - 120
2006 - 103
2005 - 137
2004 - 143
2003 - 154


Miles Biked:
2017 - 25   (see photo of puppy above...)
2016 - 250  I just couldn't fit in those last 50 miles!  Still...better than 2015.  I did do the Mesabi Ride again this year. 
2015 - 50    Oh,  this was just dismal...
2014 - 292 road   Lots and lots of spin, stopped keeping track
      Jane Addam's Trail 
      Mesabi Trail Ride
2013 - 300 road (628 spin miles - yes, higher spin than road. Very sad.)
2012 -  572.5 road  (568 spin)
      Heartland Trail, MN - 38 miles
      Badger State Trail, WI - 56 miles
      Mesabi Trail Ride, MN - 68 miles
2011 - 470 road  (755 spin)
      Menominee River Century - 50  miles
      Mesabi Trail Ride - 50 miles
2010 – 701 personal best!
      Split Rock Century (my first!) - 100
2009- 250


Miles Hiked:
2017 - 20-ish
2016 - 11  Just the Telephone Pole Hike in Sabino Canyon. 
2015 - 15  (just two hikes this summer)
2014 - 20ish
2013 -20
2012 - 20
2011  - 40+   
2010  - 48


...and there was some knitting!  But I can't find my pictures so you'll have to take my word that I finished a few things. 

Have a splendid 2018!  Please stay tuned for more recipes, book reviews, travel adventures (one coming up in February) and odds and ends! 


1 comment:

Karl A. said...

I picture Pauly Shore whenever I see the Biosphere. I think his career died there.

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