Thanks to everyone who wished me a happy birthday! Turning 28 is no fun (my dad says wait till I turn 60...). Eric had planned a nice dinner downtown, but since it was a weeknight we couldn't stay out very late. I took a rain check for an upcoming weekend and instead we went on a hike with the team. Near the end Eric produced a Hostess cupcake with a birthday candle in it. It was a fun alternative to a traditional cake.

So, we just received an update for the X-Adventure race we're doing in June. These updates include the addition of snowshoes as mandatory gear on the trekking section, and basically a warning about the canoe section. It sounds like the rivers are high and fast right now due to melting snow. The race management is advising teams to skip that section if they're not extremely confident in technical whitewater paddling (class 3 rapids). Now, I think we're a strong bunch but definitely not well versed in reading rivers; we'll have to make that call once we get to the race. Last year's "whitewater" section was totally flat water, so we'll see.