Yesterday I was so sore from numerous reasons that I was completely out of commission for the day. I went to get lunch and it hurt to lift the cup to my mouth to drink. I spent the day reading my book about a female journalist who traveled to Chechnya to cover the second Russo-Chechen war in 1999. It's a pretty good book, but it's translated from French, so the language is pretty dry (or maybe she is just very dry).

This morning I woke up feeling much, much better. Still sore, but certainly bearable. I decided to head to Bozeman to check out some racks for my car and to go to the Gallatin Ham Radio Field Day in Belgrade. I went to Bob Wards to look at bike racks (and kayak racks for later). I decided to think on it and do a little more research, but I think the bike rack might happen soon. Then the bike, because you have to get the car seat before you get the baby...otherwise you have no way to get the baby home, and it's really hard to hold a baby and drive. Yeah, that's an analogy. I have been told that Sacramento has a great trail system for bikes, and I would love to utilize that. I'm going to get the bike for now because at least I can bike alone. If I were to get a kayak, it would be a river kayak, and river kayaking alone is stupid. Unfortunately I don't have anyone to kayak with. Also, if I bought a touring kayak, there would be no flat water for miles around, but tons of rivers. And vice versa probably.

Next I went to the Field Day. They had a Fox Hunt, which is where you use a directional antenna to find little transmitters. I was able to learn how to use a directional antenna, and we found 4 out of 5 transmitters. It was a lot of fun. This is a useful skill in search and rescue, usually in finding avalanche victims, but also can be used anytime someone is lost and has a beacon or you need to find the source of a signal. I also got sunburned pretty bad.

I'm training hard daily because I want to make the wildland fire team in Americorps. By end of July I will start running with a load in a backpack. I want to make damn sure I can pass that pack test. Luckily I am training at 6500 ft what I will have to do at 52 ft above sea level. I look forward to how much easier it will be to run when I get down there.