Weekend Round-Up: Outdoorsy

I some how got suckered in to exercising all weekend. The weather was gorgeous, so it wasn’t too bad. But, wow am I sore today!

On Friday, we met up with our bride and groom in Alamo Square for a wedding portrait shoot at 4:30. It was, of course, freezing and windy. I have a feeling the wedding couple and their parents held us personally responsible for the cold weather! After a couple rolls of film in front of the painted ladies, we drove over to the Palace of Fine Arts (also freezing) to finish the shoot. Here’s a photo from my camera phone of the couple with some swans that refused to behave. They headed off for a reception dinner and we headed home for pizza delivery!

Rob went for a run on Saturday morning while I slept in and read (lovely!). At 11:00, we drove across town to meet Matt for a hike in Mill Valley. This was training for our hike up Half Dome at the end of August. I’ve decided I really only like the parts of hiking where you are walking downhill in the shade or where you are picnicking. After our hike, we drove to Sausalito to kayak around Richardson Bay. I was completely spent after this and spent the rest of the night lying on the sofa with an ice pack and a beer!

Sunday started with something much more my style. Rob and I drove out to Golden Gate Park to have breakfast at the de Young with the New York Times. I really do think they have the best latte’s in the city! We visited the Gee’s Bend quilt exhibit and then walked over to the botanical gardens to see the turtles. Something about the heat or all the exercise pushed me into “spring cleaning” mode and I spent the next hour at home organizing all the closets! Rob and I walked down to the climbing gym at 2:00 to meet Matt for a couple hours of rock climbing. How I managed to have any energy left for this is a mystery!

At 8:00, we went to Jill and Peter’s house for dinner at a frightening look at global warming courtesy of the Discovery Channel. Needless to say, I went home and stayed up far too late purging thoughts of Armageddon from my mind with reruns of the Cosby Show!

Whew! What a weekend! I really did think this one was going to end up pretty boring. Oh well! Jean, how was Donner Lake?