The Minnesota State Fair

On Thursday, Caroline and I took two of my cousins on a trip to opening day at the State Fair. We ate a lot of junk - cheese curds, cotton candy, cookies, fries, but no food on a stick for us today. However, we did find the Science Museum booth, where they had science on a stick!

Working as a bike tour guide and mechanic!

We are moving to Chile on Sept. 6, and it looks like I might be working part time (and part volunteer) at a bike tour company called La Bicicleta Verde (http://www.labicicletaverde.com/index.php).

It's founded and run by an American, and almost all of their customers are English-speaking, so my low level of Spanish won't be a barrier. I might get to do some tours and even some bike mechanic work. I had a skype chat with the owner and he told me that they are very likely to have at least some paid work for me, and I said I'd be happy to start as a volunteer in the meantime.

In a new city, working on bikes and meeting bike-friendly people sounds like a good way to start out!

Hubway comes to Cambridge!

We are very excited that Hubway has finally come to Cambridge. This is the bike sharing rental  service in Boston. We bought memberships last summer when it first opened, but it wasn't very useful for us because we couldn't drop off or pick up the bikes anywhere near our house. Now they opened three stations in Central Square, including one just a block from our house. It's a fun new addition to the neighborhood...sad that we will be leaving soon before we get to use it much.

Moving out soon!

We are getting ready to move out in just a few weeks, so we have been selling our furniture on Craigslist. The apartment is looking very sparse, check it out!

Check out the training video on Caroline's other blog

Hi everyone,

Rather than post twice anytime anything exciting is happening with regards to the marathon, I'm going to be writing on my other blog, carolineinbarcelona.blogspot.com. Yes, the blog name is old, but I have a lot on there, so I'm sticking with it. For starters, there's my newest post with a video of Alan and me from our training run this past week. Here's the link!  Sam and I will keep updating this blog with our joint adventures, so check back every now and then to see what we're up to.  But for all your marathon news updates, head on over to carolineinbarcelona!

Caroline

Caroline's running the Boston Marathon!

Hi everyone,

For those of you who aren't following my (Caroline's) blog, you should know that I'm running the Boston Marathon this April! I'm running to raise money for the Museum of Science's Traveling Programs. Since not all schools can get their students to the Museum of Science for field trips, the Traveling Programs take the museum to them! They do all sorts of science programs at the K-9 grade level, and the programs are available on a scholarship basis to schools that can't afford them. Sam's school has been one of the beneficiaries of this program. Last year, they got to learn about heat and temperature in October, and motion, speed, velocity, and acceleration in November.

I'm really proud to be running for this program, and I would be honored and happy if you wanted to support me by donating to the Traveling Programs. If you want to donate, the link is here. If you were thinking of getting me a present this holiday season, this would be a great present! You don't have to get me anything else!

Of course, I'd also love to have support on the day of the marathon, so if you can come to Boston for April 16, 2012, that would be wonderful!

Love,

Caroline

I did a podcast!

I might possibly be the coolest person you know.  Here it is:  http://www.mos.org/events_activities/podcasts&d=5198