Year in Review 2018

Happy New Year!  

My 2018 recap.  It was a very good year! 

Roads Traveled 

February - Las Vegas, NV

NV Veteran's Memorial

Hoover Dam from the new bypass Bridge. Way up HIGH!

August - San Jose, CA Worldcon!

Intel Headquarters - so much started here!

Yes! THE Apple Headquarters!

September - Oregon and Hwy 2

Mt Hood from Dundee

Spokane Falls, Spokane WA

Lake Pend Orielle, Sandpoint ID

Marias Pass, Glacier Nat Park, MT

North Theodore National Park, North Dakota

Sign says it all!

November - Tehachapi,  CA

Stallion Springs, CA

Sequoia National Park

General Sherman Tree - largest tree in the world in volume

Tehachapi Loop - a railroading destination!

Mission San Miquel, Paso Robles, CA

Niner Winery, Paso Robles, CA

Books Read (Novels, Novellas, Novelettes, Short Stories)

2018 - 122  (31568 pages approx)
2017 - 122  (29857 pages)
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

photo from cookinglight.com  Lazy Lasagna Soup

2018 - 106
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


A bit of Cycling
2018 - 160
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 
      Jane Addam's Trail 
      Mesabi Trail Ride
2013 - 300 road
2012 -  572.5 road 
      Heartland Trail, MN - 38 miles
      Badger State Trail, WI - 56 miles
      Mesabi Trail Ride, MN - 68 miles
2011 - 470 road
      Menominee River Century - 50  miles
      Mesabi Trail Ride - 50 miles
2010 – 701 personal best!
      Split Rock Century (my first!) - 100

2009- 250

A Smidgen of Knitting
(this wasn't the only thing I knit...)

pattern: Multnomah Falls

Have a splendid 2019!  Please stay tuned for more recipes, book reviews, travel adventures (one coming up in February) and odds and ends!