Tag Archive: south mountain park

1. To the Towers

   May 25, 2014 2:40 PM 2 Comments

   I’m so lucky to have friends who not only want to hang out–they are up for a challenge! So when Autumn and Jeff invited us to enjoy Silent Sunday at South Mountain Park, I said sign me up! We started at the parking lot outside the park entrance and rode up to the radio towers at the top. Then we did a brunch tour to one of my favorite restaurants, St. Francis, and a place I had not tried before, Snooze AM. What a lovely Sunday with friends.

   

   Autumn and Trish on the way up.

   

   I dropped my chain. Oops.

   

   Made it to the towers!

   
   

   

   On top of the world.

   

   Good friends bike together.

   

   Over the St. Francis for refreshment.

   
   

   

   Bacon fig scone.

   

   Snooze AM for a Sweet Potato Pancake

   

   Juan’s Breakfast Tacos Three fresh corn or flour tortillas filled with scrambled eggs, shredded hash browns, jack cheese

   
   

   

   The Lower East Sider Power up with some lox style salmon, accoutrements including herbed goat cheese spread, eggplant and tomato

   

   Early Harvest Benny Wild mushroom and leek croquette topped with fresh asparagus, poached cage free eggs

   

   Tofu Scramble

   
   

2. Training Adventure

   April 23, 2011 9:46 AM 2 Comments

   I’ve been having some busy few weeks. Going to Physical Therapy 3x a week for my rotator cuff impingement, attending work events that last up to 3 hours past my bedtime, finishing up the semester’s 3 classes, completing Issue 7 of my magazine, planning my summer of travel to Portugal & Vermont & Minnesota. And, oh, there is that little nagging thing called training for two races: a 15.5-mile trail run and a half marathon. Our trail run is on the island of Madeira, and it starts at 3000 feet and drops to sea level. My training needs to include some elevation change–as much as I can manage in the desert.

   So this morning, after a frenzied week of work and etc., all I wanted to do was stay home in bed with a book. What do you think I did?

   Right. I ran from my house to the top of  South Mountain, through Hidden Valley to the Buena Vista Trailhead, down Summit Drive to San Juan Road to Central Avenue. Because, well, that’s relaxing #sarcasm.

   Now that I’m home with a burrito in my belly, I can tell you that it WAS relaxing #notsarcasm. What a beautiful way to spend a Saturday morning. I can’t wait to do it again. Want to come? Here are the details.

   

3. Pretty Morning

   April 19, 2011 9:40 AM Comments Off on Pretty Morning

   It is a gorgeous morning here and what better way is there to start the day than my favorite mountain bike ride? It only takes 45 minutes and it’s easy to ride clean. I need to remember to do this more often. Here’s the route.

   

   Trish Loves a Mtn Bike Ride