Work weekend in the mountains?

This was supposed to be a big work weekend at the cabin but of course that got derailed a little. Father in-law needed to get out of the house and a friend of ours from work came over for dinner. Not a big speed bump but we didn't get as much done as planned. I fired up the chainsaw for about 90 minutes, one of the ATV's was being used to pull large portions of tree into the road and then smaller portions loaded into the trailer to be placed by the woodshed.
It wasn't hot outside but the sweat was pouring out, damn protective gear like pants and shirts (long sleeved since it was next to the water and mosquitoes).

We also got a bookcase up. It had been sitting in the bedroom for almost a year and just wasn't a priority. Now our DVD's and books are organized and we can stop buying the same titles more than once (anyone want the gatekeeper series book one and two, let me know). I have enough books to fill about 12 of these bookcases but this will be the zombie type books for now. Normally there aren't two lamps in this rook but with father in-law around we have to hastily move things that can be knocked around/over. We are proud of our bucket lamp tables!

Rock is enjoying the new Jeep, since it's on 35 inch tires he has a better view of everything. We are going to change it from white to Kryptek Highlander in a few weeks. Should be sweet.

I had a few great workouts at the gym this past week, continuing on my journey to becoming a better athlete. Here is a pic from one of the workouts, the shirts real color is the lighter red.

I set a 'by the end of the summer' goal a few months ago. I wanted to run a trail by the cabin from one trailhead to another. It was 7 miles and after last weekends great run I just went for it. The run wasn't easy, I honestly wasn't fueled up properly for it (hindsight) but I'm stubborn and don't quit. 2 hours and 22 minutes later I was back at the cabin for a total of 10 miles and my summers-end goal smashed. The scenery was beautiful, the bugs weren't too bad and the wind was kind most of the way.

The weekend ended up at almost 20 miles and I really feel like I'm a runner again after a few years of not running at all. I'm going to keep doing the weird workouts, MMA stuff and running. I've set a new end of summers goal and it's closer to 20 miles on the same trail.

Tomorrow the garden will be cleaned of beans and zucchini. The cucumbers and tomatoes are doing amazing, it's going to be a great harvest for pickles and salsa. Just another step towards self reliance and sufficiency, doing what we can, where we can and as often as we can.