Europe Itinerary

For those following, this is my trip itinerary and I will be editing and updating it as the trip goes.

9/1 - Fly in to Reykjavik, Iceland
9/5 - Reykjavik to Barcelona, Spain
9/7 - Barcelona to Bayonne, France
9/8 - Camino de Santiago - Trek across northern Spain
10/11 - Munich Marathon - Munich, Germany

Sioux Falls, SD

First, I went on a run on the path around town, and made it to the airport before there was a torrential downpour. The bridges around the city were all different and pretty old.

After what seemed like a flood, I walked down to the Falls. The river was pretty powerful and really loud. It was 'coming in hot'

Finally, I went to Palisades State Park just outside of town. The Sioux Quartzite created these pretty amazing rock faces that dropped straight into the creek.

8-26 Badlands NP

Wednesday we stopped by Badlands National Park and Wall Drug before ending in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Wall Drug was definitely an odd quirky place. There's no doubt it is a unique place. Badlands... now that place is amazing! The different colored bands of rock from ages ago make you feel humbled by the short amount of time we get to spend here. It was fun to run around on the ridges and in a unique place like the Badlands.

8-25 Mount Rushmore

On Tueday, I had the pleasure of stopping by Mount Rushmore again. I remember being there when I was little and it seemed like it was much more of a hike to get to experience the enormity of Mount Rushmore. Now, it seemed like cheating. It was less than 5 minutes from the car. It was all reward and no risk! Oh well, you have to take what life gives ya! Nonetheless, it is a dauntingly massive sculpture.

 Sculpture of the sculptor of Mount Rushmore

Telling jokes with the Presidents!

Introduction

For those of you that don't know, I'm Sean Thornton. Growing up, I was always as active as possible. We would travel to national parks, get involved in any sports, and run around town eating donuts into the wee hours of morning (Sorry Pops). Also, we created games that usually turned out badly, like throwing walnuts at each other until I took a walnut to the front two teeth and now that's all I want for Christmas! Being left handed, I learned quickly that I was different, and would have to transpose things in my mind if I wanted to learn to throw a ball. Being left handed made me feel unique, and I started to enjoy doing things differently than others. When everyone would ride their bikes to school, I would start running before them and inevitably end up chasing them to the front doors. 4 years ago, some would say, my life changed into the adventure it is today. I was hungover one morning during my internship, and decided to "spice" things up. One Estimator's wife was a very accomplished endurance athlete and I decided to make a bet. He told me one of her half marathon times was 2:05. That night, I went home and jumped on the treadmill for 2:03:55 for 13.1 miles, and that's when I began running...

Since then, it's been a whirlwind of creating new adventures and exploring new places.

I will post pictures and videos of my adventures to let everyone know I'm still kickin', even though everyone has their own definition of "safe", I will attempt to be. So, jump on this blog and hold on tight! Welcome to my life!

Yes, I've been bored enough to climb onto a billboard...