PCA&D Racing Team

Tracy, myself, and fellow PCA&D instructor Brian Gunzenhauser ran as a team yesterday in the Spina Bifida 5K race here in Lancaster. The weather was great but the turnout light which most likely accounted for our performance.  We took first place in the corporate team division. Tracy took first for women overall and for women 40-50! I was second for guys 50-60 and Brian was second for guys 30-40. One of my students showed up as well and ran with us and Mary was 2nd for her age group. Hooray for us!!

Smith Family Reunion Raft Trip!

Our raft trip in Tennessee was a blast. Here are pics from the outfitters. I'll be posting more of our pictures soon.

Bob Potts Marathon

This past Sunday, Tracy and I ran the Bob Potts Marathon. It is in York, PA and the course is on the York County Rail Trail. The weather turned out to be just right, overcast and cool. Lucas had some buddies from the Merchant Marine Academy, members of the Endurance Club, come down to run too. Tracy managed to run the whole thing despite nursing an injured knee for the last month and not running all that time.

The night before we built a bonfire in hopes of appeasing the gods of running. 

Sunday morning we were up at 4 am for our pre race fruit. 

The two shots of Tracy and myself on the trail were taken from my iPhone while running somewhere around the 10 mile marker. 

The foggy shot is after crossing the finish line, four and a half hours after the 6:30 am start. The lens on the iPhone camera got a wee bit sweaty. 

The group shot was taken at Tracy's folk's place where they had a post-race bbq for us. The guys are Bernard (with his guide dog in training, Brooks), Landon, Brian, and Kevin, Merchant Marine Academy Midshipmen. 

Just Friends

Cabin Christmas

Christmas 2010 at the Ox Yoke, Forksville, PA. The whole Smith family made it this year and we had a great time. It was cold and icy with just enough snow blowing around to make it feel like a real Christmas should.

At the Haystacks, Sullivan Co. PA

Unexpected visitor

After dinner Saturday night, Tracy and I worked in the yard and just before sundown I noticed a hot air balloon really low and coming our way. He looked like he was going to land in the field behind our house so I got on my bike to chase him down. It was great,  I could talk to them like they were close by even though they were 50 feet up. He said he was going to land soon but not in our fields. It was crazy because a whole bunch of cars were following them. There were senior couples with nothing better to do, young families with kids and they all pulled up our drive to watch them. Iris and Peachy went nuts with all of the people and Peachy especially liked barking at the balloon. They eventually landed on the top of the hill near the new playground. We didn't go up there but you could hear all of the kids yelling and dogs barking as they landed.