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Hey all,
Sorry it has been so long since we have posted anything new. Both kim and I have been busy with work and other stuff around the house and church and all that good stuff.
Since the last post, it seems like Kim and I have worked opposite days every week. The days I am not working, she has been and vice versa. God does provide when we need it. On July 20, the Ford Ironman Race was run in Lake Placid. This is a race that takes over the whole town and region. First the competitors swim 2.4 miles in Mirror Lake with a water temp of about 70 degrees. Then they get out and bike 112 miles around the Lake Placid area mountains. After they finish that, they then run a full marathon, 26.2 miles or whatever it is. Kim worked the ambulance all day that day, then I rode the EMS bikes in the evening. It ended at midnight, starting at 7am. The last competitor did not finish in time, but was only about 2 miles short of finishing. Very close, but no cigar for her. It rained ALLLLLLLL day long. from the time it started until the end it was raining. Lots of hypothermic competitors.
The next day, we lost our hot water.. on purpose though. We are having the hot water boiler/furnace replaced as the old one was 60+ years old. We ended up without hot water for an entire week. Luckily, we planned to go camping for part of the week. I will post pis from that in another posting. Then this morning at 6:40am, after Kim had gone to work, I was rudely awakened by a loud CRASHHHH!!! A tree fel down in our yard and caught the powerlines feeding the house and the telephone lines. Luckily last night when Kim and I came back from getting ice cream I did not park the Jeep where it normally goes, otherwise we would be getting a new car this week. That would not be the way to get a new car though. I will post those pics in another post as well.