Have a fantastic weekend

Started mine a little early on the trails with a friend 🚵🏻‍♂️

Hi Peer,

The weekend is among us. Outlook is closed - Teams notifications off for the day. With fewer distractions, the pre-weekend is gold I’ll mine at times. Today, it was a ‘hit the trails’ kinda mining - and there’s gold in them thar hills. A buddy of mine and I hit Raging River - highly recommended mountain biking - a splendid hill climb with views, and a bomber downhill. This fifty year old huffed and puffed plenty - both the views and uphill took my breath away. The downhill made it all worth it.

Also met a couple celebrating their 10th wedding anniversary - their kids with grandparents, Airbnb’ing it out in North Bend, WA, and hitting the trails 🚵🏻‍♀️🚵🏻‍♂️💒. Cheers to their milestone, and many more 🍾🥂.

Fun to unplug for the day and recharge; charging the hills was a body-battery drain in the best of ways; recharged nonetheless (after the 30-minute flat-back recovery pass out). It was fun, and thought to share a few pics and wish you good tidings as you move into the weekend - whatever you’re planning.

Out and about with JD on the Raging River State Forest mountain biking trails - including a peek’peak hello from Mount Rainier; nothing but blue sky.

Check our activity on Strava.

Next up, “Black Widow.” [review update: 👍]

Cheers, Mark “recovering with cider” Kashman