We had an unconventional Halloween this year. We didn’t take Henry trick or treating but rather did some stuff around the house, went climbing and had some friends over for dinner. We had homemade pumpkin soup, zuchinni squares, roasted pumpkin seeds, homemade donuts and apple cider! YOWZA!! So delicious and super fun!
Went up to Flagstaff over the weekend for our annual shooting trip. Froze our butts off while out trying to shoot stuff for 5 hours. The weather didn’t cooperate too well but we still had a great time hanging out with Keith and Dana and got a couple hours of climbing in too.
Keto lighting things up:
Maria’s turn:
Tom taking a knee:
We spontaneously decided this morning that we would run up the mountain and go for a hike on the butterfly trail. I’ve never been on it but Tommy said he and his friends hiked it a while ago and that there was some wreckage along the way of an airplane crash. It was an F-86 which is what interested me because that’s what my dad used to fly. He would have loved seeing it. You can read up on the crash here (http://www.aircraftarchaeology.com/F-86D%20Sabre%20Dog.htm).
It was a fun hike overall, but we bit off a little more than we could chew as we are not in as good of shape as we used to be! Tomorrow is going to be painful!
Well, my trip up to VT didn’t go off without a hitch. Instead of arriving on Tuesday night, I ended up having to catch a 6 hour bus ride from the JFK airport at midnight to get to Burlington at 6 am on Wednesday morning because Delta cancelled my flight. (For a complete bullsh*t reason, I’ll have you know.) However, I did get a perk waiting in the airport when I met the super athlete of climbing, Chris Sharma. He was waiting for his flight to LA and I sat down and chatted with him for a couple minutes. It was awesome and he is a really cool, down to earth guy.
I got NO sleep on the bus ride up to Burlington and was completely exhausted when Holly picked me up but was atleast entertained by an Englishman who went ballistic on the Delta agent after they lost his luggage. Maybe it was because I was so tired. When Holly picked me up we went directly home where I crashed in bed for about 4 hours before feeling like I could actually function again.
While there, it rained for about 3 days straight and flooded the lakes and rivers around the town and we got to see HUGE rapids coming down little streams right near the house. We also hiked and ran around in the rain on all the beautiful trails around the area. Holly and Scott took me canooing in the lake right by their house and also up to a local reservoir that is huge and absolutely beautiful. The whole trip was action packed and a total blast. I fell in love with the place and am now trying to convice Tommy that we should move East to enjoy all the perks of a lush, green environment instead of melting to death here in the desert. He’s been receptive, but said he was ready for my sales pitch all along. 🙂 Gonna have to pull out all the charm I’ve got on this one.
Took a quick trip up to NM this weekend to get some more work done on mom’s house. Put some trim pavers in and Tommy finished up the roof and entryway tile. Henry stayed with Oma because I’m leaving for VT tomorrow for a whole week! I miss him like crazy already!!!!! Boooo! Hopefully I’ll have some good pics from the trip though. I’ll show you when I get back. 🙂
