2014 Recap: Hiking to (almost) Saddle Back Mountain

Still trying to record 2014 events.

In April (2014) GR convinced me to climb and spend the night on a mountain that is near our house.  For those familiar with Cache Valley, I believe there are cell towers at the very top of this mountain.  Just a few hundred feet below the towers is a flat spot that is almost perfect for camping.  GR (and Blair) had climbed to the towers before (hence being aware of the camp spot) and wanted to go again.  Since Blair wasn't available (him being in Cedar City) he was going to find another friend to go with. When that didn't pan out, he talked me into it. Since he is very familiar with my abilities, I decided to go with him.  It was pretty hard to get up there!  We left too late and were battling to get up there before dark.  It was also very steep without a well defined trail.  At one point, GR was carrying my backpack, and I was literally on all fours scrambling up the mountain.  I don't think I've ever felt so triumphant when we reached the camp site.  We were out of daylight and out of energy.  The views up there almost make it worth it.


Taken not too long after getting there.

 The next morning (those mountains are the Wellsvilles).

Just waking up.  To save weight/space we just brought a tarp to sleep on.

 GR the next morning.

 A look back to where we came from

 At the bottom

All in all, going down was so much harder.  I guess I don't know how to walk down steep terrain, because I jammed both of my big toes.  The toes were all bruised and gross and eventually fell off.  Good thing I love that guy enough to keep following him on his crazy adventures!

January 2015 Recap

So..one month of 2015 down, only 11 to go.  Not that I'm counting down to anything but its crazy how fast and how slow time can go.  January was pretty boring for us. GR went to San Francisco for work. I applied and interviewed for a new job that would be a couple steps from where I am now, but didn't get it.  I'm still trying to reorient myself in my current job after getting my hopes up about moving on to bigger and better things.  I'm not sure why this is so hard, three months ago I was content with my position and initially didn't think I was ready to try moving up.  However, you never know when these higher positions will come along so I decided to go for it.  Now that I didn't get it, its hard to push myself to do the job I still have.  Hopefully I can get my head on straight and be appreciative for what I have and work to better myself so I can be more prepared for the next position that comes along. 

GR and I have been called to the Nursery at church.  That has been quite an adventure.  Those kids wear me out!  They are so cute and can be so trying on my patience.  They are all really young and don't talk very much which means they don't sing very much.  This also means its me and several other adults singing kids songs together which can be kindof weird when you stop and think about it.  However, there is one girl who tries very hard to do a lot of the actions.  Her attempts are enough for me to keep singing and keep doing the actions with all of the songs.  Its so special to see her progress and the progress of the other kids each week. 

Upcoming: VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assitance--basically helping low income people with their taxes), Moab-going at Easter, and....ALASKA!  Been wishing and hoping, and planning for several years now and its finally happening.  We've booked a cruise for June 8th (also our 10th year anniversary). 

TTFN

PS How about this awesome weather we are having???  I can't decide if I want it to snow again or not.  No snow now, could mean no fires in the summer...