murals + moab = inspiration

so i was talking to amanda last week, trying to nail down some plans for my summer trips to leadville. she was out in moab, doing some murals for a new diner some friends of hers recently opened. she's talking away, telling me about bc and danelle's latest venture. it finally occurs to me that she's talking about one of my "heroes", danelle ballengee: multisport endurance rockstar. she's a phenomenal athlete that i first was exposed to through adventure racing; she's dominated many other sports as well. more recently it was an accident while on a normal training run that put her in the news. she's made a remarkable recovery and has been racing again (although i don't know what she's been up to lately). anyways, it was just funny to hear amanda talking about danelle the friend when i hold her in legend status :)  maybe i'll get to meet her this summer ?!!

meanwhile, my cousin is incredibly talented and an inspiration as well. i'm hoping to commission her to paint me something special soon so i can "escape" out west whenever i want.