Today I am going to answer the eighth question in this series: “Which of the Deathly Hallows would you choose?” Continue reading “Harry Potter Question # 8 | Which of the Deathly Hallows would you choose?”
Today I am going to answer the seventh question in this series: “What would your patronus be?” Continue reading “Harry Potter Question # 7 | What would your patronus be?”
Today I was inspired to create some more images using the double exposure option on the app “Autodesk Pixlr”. I posted a few images in a previous post. Continue reading “It Is Well With My Soul”
As a person that loves to-do lists, I was immediately intrigued when my sister-in-law showed me the app Habitica about a year ago. You can either download the app on your phone or log in to your account using your computer. It’s essentially a to-do list app that gives you points for completing your tasks. It combines lists with a game so I downloaded it right away! Continue reading “The App That Cured My Bad Habit!”
Music plays a substantial role in our lives, so Greg and I put a lot of thought into the music we selected for our wedding. I created this blog post to document explanations of our choices because it was special for us to be able to have music that was beautiful as well as personal.
There weren’t any swan babies last spring, but a pair of cygnets were born in Pond Meadow Park this year! We went for a walk last night and I brought my camera to take pictures and video. They are so cute!! We also saw this year’s goslings, but we haven’t seen any ducklings yet. Continue reading “Cygnets! Goslings!”
February 3rd, 2017
We started out at 8:30 am and it was chilly and shady. Not much sun reaches the campsites at Indian Garden in the morning and evening. We were eager to get going!
Over dinner the night before, we read over the trail description for this section. One phrase pretty much summed it up: “seemingly endless switchbacks”. Think about it – we came down the cliff, now we have to climb back out! Continue reading “Trip West 2017: Grand Canyon (R2R2R) | Day Five”
February 2nd, 2017
We got up around 7 am and were on the trail with our new friends by 8:30. They had spoken with the ranger at Manzanita and asked to change the itinerary on their permit so they could hike to Indian Garden with us instead of staying at Bright Angel again and hiking out the way we all came down. So we all headed off to Indian Garden on an overcast morning.
As we were packing up our things at Cottonwood, Greg reached into his bag and gave me another envelope. This one was called “A Road Traveled Before” because most of our route that day would be on the same trail we took on Day 2. In the letter he talked about many of the milestones we have achieved together – it was like a highlight reel of memories, both fun and sad. It made me feel so grateful that we share these memories with each other. Continue reading “Trip West 2017: Grand Canyon (R2R2R) | Day Four”
February 1st, 2017
What a day! We left our camp at Cottonwood by 8 am. We only had to carry what we needed on the trail that day. We were able to leave our tent and other supplies at the camp since we would be staying there again that night. It was a weight off our shoulders!
We hiked 1.4 miles and stopped at Manzanita to fill up our water at the spigot since the faucet at Cottonwood was not turned on. My muscles took a little bit to warm up that morning. My calves were still pretty sore from the descent on the first day, but nothing too bad. I think my body just knew we had a long, difficult day ahead!
Continue reading “Trip West 2017: Grand Canyon (R2R2R) | Day Three”
January 31st, 2017
It was a little chilly during the night! Colder than I anticipated judging by how warm the day had been. But then again, it is the desert. The temperature definitely drops when the sun goes down. Normally I sleep like the dead, but if the temperature is too low, I end up spending the night in a meditative state instead. Even so, I still felt rested when we got up for the day at 7:30 am. Continue reading “Trip West 2017: Grand Canyon (R2R2R) | Day Two”
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