Settling in Rochester

First, some wrap up statistics from our bicycle journey:

total miles logged: 3038
total riding days: 40
average miles/day: 76

total flat tires: 26
Kon's bicycle flat tires: 13
Kon's BOB trailer flat tires: 2
Stacy's bicycle flat tires: 4
Stacy's BOB trailer flat tires: 7

Kon's favorite Dairy Queen Blizzard: Pecan Cluster
Stacy's favorite DQ blizzard: Banana Split
Favorite Ice Cream brand: Blue Bell from Texas

Favorite State: New Mexico

I think it is safe to say that we both miss being on our bicycles and that we are looking forward to the next bicycle trip ... which is probably at least 4 years down the road.

More pictures to catch everyone up on what has been going on these past few weeks. When we returned to Seattle for graduation, I was baptized at our church in Seattle the Good Shepherd Bible Study Ministry. Thanks, Tom and Karen for the pictures!


Tony took us to see his inorganic chemistry lab ...
And we both graduated from medical school.

Thank you to all of our family and friends who made it out to Seattle to celebrate our graduation with us.I started orientation last Monday. I wear a suit to work everyday and have a name badge that says I'm a doctor. Kon starts orientation tomorrow and he is busy reading about Advanced Trauma Life Support right now in his hammock in our backyard. When I'm running tight on time, I ride my bicycle into work, which feels a bit funny when I'm wearing heels.


Last, we spent the weekend in furniture stores trying to find a couch for our living room. Here is my favorite picture of Kon. He is pretending to be knitting because this chair looked like it would fit well in a nursing home.

Thanks for reading! We both officially start taking care of patients next Saturday, June 28th -- we're nervous, but excited to start our training! Take care.

a whirlwind!!

First, a quick HELLO to Grandma and Grandpa Kessler in Bozeman, MT. We had a lovely breakfast with them on our way through Bozeman last week, and they gently reminded us that we had not posted on our blog since May 19th ... and that they check our blog everyday! Thank you to the loyal readers of our blog and we're sorry that we haven't posted in a long time.

So much has happened in the last 3.5 weeks ....

We took jumping pictures at St. Augustine Beach, FL as we spent a few days seeing the sights of the oldest continuously inhabited city in the US. It was a hard adjustment to not be riding our bikes everyday.

Next, some pictures that I'm embarrassed about, but I promised my friend Laura that we would post them for her viewing pleasure in Glacier National Park, MT. Check out our sweet tan lines:

We were lucky to have a few extra days because our bike trip ended in 6 weeks instead of 7 weeks, so we took the opportunity to travel to SF to visit Mrs. Toriumi, my mother's "Auntie," and Julia, my friend from college. Kon had not been to SF since he was a small child so we had a great time exploring the city.

Jumping pictures with the Golden Gate Bridge: We rented a tandem bicycle at the Fisherman's Wharf and spent sometime exploring the city by bicycle.
Picture with Mrs. Toriumi at Japan Town:

Julia's first jumping picture in the Mission District after eating the most delicious baked goods at Tartine Bakery:


After 3 days in SF, Kon and I flew to Minneapolis/St. Paul to spend Memorial Day weekend with my Uncle John, Aunt Mary, and cousin Jackie. We enjoyed the Prescott, WI Memorial Day parade and took patriotic jumping pictures for our cousin Ross, a Marine currently deployed in Iraq.
I think that is all for today. We are supposed to have internet hooked up at our house tomorrow, which should make it easier to update our blog! Take care!