The JimAnna Chronicles

The first stop on the day’s itinerary was to a very pretty bird sanctuary. While there are birds on Guam (contrary to the common misconception that the Brown Treesnake has eaten them all), but not large preserves like this. Next destination was a latte stone quarry. This site has a number of unfinished latte stones. [...]

This morning we woke up early and got our gear positioned in the two transition areas. The Olympic distance for my race was a 1.5K swim, 40K bike and 10K bike. To put that in English units, it was about a mile swim, a 25 mile bike, and a 6+ mile run. Even though I [...]

Last weekend was a first. It was the first time we had been to the small island of Rota and the first time we took our bikes on a plane. First, since anywhere we go I like to find out as much as I can about the culture/people/geography/etc, here’s a little background. Here are a [...]

Last weekend Anna and I participated in yet another multi-sport event. This was a short Duathlon (2k run – 20k bike – 2k run). One of the volunteers there was kind enough to take these shots for us. Here we are ready to go. As you can see it’s a pretty small grough (about 30). [...]

Well, last weekend, the day before a duathlon, we decided to venture into the jungles of Guam yet again. It was our friend Kevin’s last weekend on the island, so we wanted to go with him somewhere fun. Charles and Stephanie accompanied with us on this adventure as well. It was quite a fun adventure [...]

Ok, I know this post is a little late…I had it all written and ready to be posted when a very typical power outage happened (and all that work went away). I guess I just didn’t have the heart to redo it right away. Anyway, here are a few pictures from Anna’s Birthday weekend, Halloween. [...]

This will be a short entry, basically just to post one picture. This is a nice shot that Dan took of Anna and me on the night of the Air Force Ball, back in September. –Jim