Where's Arkansas

The Grand Slam committee has made the official ruling, we can:

A.  Forfeit this year and rollover to next year.

B.  Continue with the Slam by running the Arkansas Traveller 100

Forfeiting would not get my fees back from Leadville, I think Vermont would rollover to next year....but we have plane tickets to Vermont.  Peter made a good argument to continue on and then if I do run the official Grand Slam next year then I would know 3 of 4 of the runs rather than 1 of 4.

I did have to reorient myself to Arkansas on the US map.  I hope not to offend any AR fans, but I probably would have never crossed the state line had it not been for this race.  The race is 4 weeks after Wasatch, perfect.  I scoped out the course a bit, 30 hour cut off and it starts just above sea level.   Colleen has a friend who has run it before and she gave 2 pieces of a

dvice:

1.  watch out for Tarantulas at night 2.  the bug noise at night is deafening.

So I am back on the Slam track.  During these past frustrating days I have made progress on the

 painting.  Sputnik got plum worn out by the flurry of activity.  

I am headed up to Millcreek canyon for a run.  Today is July 1 and the gate should be open.... I will go up to the Upper Big Water Trailhead and run the Dog Lake - Desolation Lake - and down the Great Western Trail loop.  I am curious to see how much snow remains.