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RE: Family pictures

Oops.  Brainlock.  (Or Spellchecksabotage.) Arie Paige’s name is spelled Paige. 

From: Steve Taylor [mailto:spt@thetaylorcompany.net]
Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2013 10:08 PM
To: Bill Taylor (Bill Taylor); David Taylor (David Taylor); Tom Taylor (Tom Taylor)
Subject: Family pictures

  We’re all excited about the baby Arie Page Taylor.      Judy and I will be headed to Colorado in a couple weeks for the big event!  

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The end of an era

 The Bandera property:     Jeff and Carol are putting it up for sale and moving on.  They mean to settle in Salem, Oregon to be closer to kids and grandkids.  Bummer for us.  Sad to see them go.  We’re happy and excited for them. 
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I’m surprised

 I was prepared to complain that my legs hurt this morning, but I didn’t get to.  They felt fine.  That hot soak yesterday evening must have done its job. Up at 5.  Gone by 6.  On the trail before 7. Just starting to get daylight.  Definitely an earlier start than yesterday.  Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge.  A nice loop tour road that doesn’t allow cars anymore.  A solitary walk; all to myself except for two runners going the other way.  An exchange of waves and they were gone.  We crossed paths twice on the loop.  We greeted each other like old friends the second time.  A shadier walk than yesterday. My marathon was done by 11am.  My previous record: 74 hours.  Today, a new personal best:  26.2 miles in 26 hours and 39 minutes, over the course of 2 days.  That works out to just under 1 mile per hour, but a lot of that time was spent sleeping.  I won’t get a medal for finishing the fastest, but maybe I should get a ribbon for most improved.  In a race where the fastest runners complete it in just over 2 hours, how many people can say they improved their personal best time by 48 hours; 2 days?!