This week has been a rest week for me, somewhat by choice, but mostly not by choice.  I went on the Senior trip, up to Caratunk, Me.  It is beautiful up there, and there are a lot of logging roads that look like they could have been fun to ride.  We were up there and to raft the Kennebec river.  The water was nice and high and the rafting was sweet.  What wasn't sweet was staying up until 2 in the morning and then getting up at 5:30.  I love to sleep, and this did not working for me.  I was excited to ride yesterday when I got home, and I decided to try and ride with my dogs for the first time, since I was only going for a quick spin.  The spin was much quicker than I plan, as my chain decided to do this.  

I was not very pleased.  The icing on the cake was my dog, (the one that was hit by a car two weeks ago) decided to chase a porcupine.  Again.  I was a little perturbed when, after calling him for five minutes, he showed up with a face full of quills.  He got a porcupine about 3 months ago, and apparently his memory is a bit fuzzy.  Last time he went to vet, this time I removed them myself.  Hopefully, the removal of the quills sans-anesthesia will help him remember that porcupines=bad.  I am not going to bet on it, though.  

The best part of the ride is that afterwards, the dogs did this

And I did the same.  Fell asleep on the floor at 6:30, got into bed at 8, and woke up at 6 this morning.  Hopefully I will be nice and rested for Sunday, first race of the year!