It rains every evening here, and occasionally more during the day. DH is frustrated because the trails are wet and won't dry out. The river, which is usually barely moving this time of year, is flowing high, as are all the lakes. Crazy to think at home we're in a drought, with only 0.1 inch of rain for all of July, water restrictions, fire worries. According to our security cameras, all the grass in our backyard is dying. Crazy.

Anyway, I signed up for the half marathon (on those wet trails, so hopefully won't be too muddy) the last weekend we're here. I plan to take it very slow and easy. Run distance TBD this morning, then we may go camping for a couple days to end the week.

cc, glad you made it to the west coast trouble free! With all the canceled flights and delays lately, you hit the jackpot! One of my flights in September (flying home after driving back from my sister's wedding with my parents) has already been canceled once, and required me to call them (the horror!) to reschedule and add a few hours to my total travel time.

I have 7 with 2 @ MP.

Watching Rubio today, who has been losing weight. I think he has some diarrhea so I might need to take him to the vet for a checkup. I just hope this is not it; he's been fighting this IBS/lymphoma for 3 years and it appears a losing battle.

Forgot to report I lifted before my massage and did the new Joel Beachbody program (LIIFT4). I have done his prior one but not jn two years. It kicked my ass. My arms are sore AF. Maybe this is why I got a light migraine after the massage. 🤦‍♀️

I ran a little over 7. I got a late start so it was getting hot out there (okay, it was 70) towards the end. It is going to be a shock when we go back to overnight lows of 78.

Lori, early is the only time to get it done in weather like that. Great job getting out there, and I hope you get some rain.

Damaris, poor Rubio. I hope he's okay, it's so hard to see our four-leggers sick.

Morning!  Leaving shortly to pick up DH from his FL trip. He had a red eye from Orlando thru Vegas, ugh. If he doesn’t get Covid now, then I doubt he ever will.  And possibly me too, double ugh. 

Karen, I guess I could see how mud would be annoying on a MTB.  But I’m not exactly full of sympathy given our drought. 

Ugh on all the flying and I hope he avoids the covid. My sister is a nurse and had all kinds of exposures through work, her fiancé got covid, our parents both got covid and she never did. She got it a month of so ago, pretty sure it was on the plane back from visiting her daughter in California.

We are trying to embrace all the rain, especially seeing how droughty it is at home - DH is catching more fish this summer at least! Last year the lake levels were so low by this time he wasn't catching a thing. And we're going to try to go hike some areas with waterfalls before we leave, which are usually pretty dry by now. He's just riding more around town, and it doesn't bother me except for first thing in the morning when I take the dogs out and my pajama bottoms get all wet from walking through the wet grass.

Speaking of drought, I saw that fire near Dinosaur Valley is finally under control, something like 87% contained.

cc, hooray for over an hour! Holy crap on switching your flight home from Richmond to National. I would never fly into National unless I was going somewhere on a Metro line. Which Richmond, hours away, is not! I hope you find something better, but somehow if you know you have a long layover, it doesn't seem as bad as if your flight just keeps getting delayed/canceled.

6 miles this morning with 4x200, 4x400 and 4x200. Lower body weights after work.

AnonymousGuest, we keep getting rain. It poured Monday night. I have some veggie plants that are soaked, others seem to get no rain on them.

Berthaslayer, our heat wave starts tomorrow. Not looking forward to it.

Docket, poor Rubio.

GatsbyBird, hope DH stays covid free from the trip (and you too).

ccoakley, how frustrating. DC is not Richmond and that would be one heck of a drive after a cross country flight.

CrazySue, yea, movie ads are crazy. Just start it already.