Working Hard for the Money

Cole and I spent last week in Las Vegas at the cycling tradeshow, Interbike. My agency is responsible for media registration, the press room, on-floor media center/tv studio and anything else the media requests.

Highlights included:

*Grand Lux Cafe (Love the spicy chicken flatbread sandwich)

*Super sweet room at Planet Hollywood Hotel

*Watching my first cyclecross race (road bikes with knobby tires, racing over hills and hurdles)

*Planning and executing a press conference for Lance Armstrong

*Meeting the more than 500 media folks I have been registering/emailing over the past 4 months

*Shopping in the Miracle Mile and the Premium Outlet Mall

*Paying the slots as we waited for our delayed flights (I only lost $6!)

Lance Armstrong himself!


My personal favorite amenity, the LCD above the bath tub.
-Cole

Welcome to Big Sky Country

Between semesters for Cole, we thought we would sneak away for a few days of relaxation at my aunt and uncle's cabin in Montana.

So we loaded up our car with our bikes, Cole's golf clubs, sleeping bags and camping gear and headed north. Their place is right on the edge of Swan Lake which, incidentally, is surrounded by beautiful mountains and thousands of pine trees.

While we were there we got to relax on the beach, water ski (I stayed up this year and Cole learned how to slalom), Cole spent an entire day golfing in Big Fork, mountain bike with my dad, enjoy huckleberry ice cream and hang with my adorable cousins.