Ironman Wisconsin 2011 - random pics (finish photo to come still....)

Thursday - travel - always be safe!
Friday - not a lot going on....

The finish line - day and night


Team photos -

Saturday - bike and T1/T2 bag drop off

...she still doesn't have a name but I dressed her as well as I could for the event!



That's the helix that we must run up out of the water.... there's another on the other end that we must ride our bikes down and then up on our return....


The video is Tucker's doing... he'll have to fix it.

Ironman Wisconsin 2011

I'll blog more later - or Tucker will or something....



For now - I AM AN IRONMAN! Nuff said. It was difficult and it hurts today (the day after). I'll post more soon.

That finish line photo - no matter how terrible it is - will be on the blog in a few days.

karynB (as known to the Team WILD women)

Rainier? I just had to post this!!!

Some Monoski friends up on Rainier...

Can you open that window?!?!

huh? Which one?

I'm not sure you knew what you were looking at when you glanced west from the top of the stairs....





I guess now I have to explain... The last original outside windows in the house were in the upstairs west dormer. Well what would you expect from windows 104 years old? They leaked, and were not what the average person would call secure...


If you haven't done this before, you take the window shown above. You cut off the new construction tabs. (the part that makes it easy to install...)

You get the fresh trimmed, perfect fit window:

install... and...

Today I can open those windows, and the cats can't get out!

Today was a big day for the house, and a bad day for those windows... We're working on some great ideas for making those stay part of our home.

Warning: Screen will not stop child from...

Dinner Friday night?

We caught up with some ski friends on Friday night. You know how that is... You have your seasonal activities friends. Not everyone all does the same stuff. Fellow Monoskiers Tim and Nicole invited us out for dinner, we tried to hit Hops and Pies, but the line was 90 minutes!?!?!

We hiked over to Cafe Brazil. This was a much nicer place than I thought. We tried to get in there one other time, but they happened to be closed that holiday.

We grabbed a pic of Karyn's meal. Prawns on Grouper. Check it out!

Date and Apricot Chutney

Date and Apricot Chutney

1/2 cup dried apricots, halved
1 cup chopped pitted dates (about 1 pound)
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup cider vinegar
1 teaspoon minced peeled fresh ginger
1 teaspoon tomato paste
1/2 teaspoon ground coriander
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon crushed red pepper
1/2 medium onion, thinly sliced
2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
Preparation
Place dried apricots in a medium bowl. Cover with boiling water, and let stand 1 hour. Drain.

Combine apricots, dates, and next 8 ingredients (through onion) in a medium heavy saucepan. Bring to a boil; reduce heat, and simmer 25 minutes or until thickened. Remove from heat; stir in cilantro.

Pack chutney in clean jars. Cover and cool chutney completely; chill.

I often serve this with smoked goose and Goat cheese.