Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Conquering the Sierra Nevadas- Part One

Two weeks ago Aaron and I, along with two of our friends set off on an adventure.
This adventure was unlike any that i had gone on in the past.
We hiked from one side of the Sierra Nevada mountain range to the other.
It took us five days and was a total of fifty miles with over seven thousand feet of incline!
I have been on plenty of backpacking trips, but not one for five days. 
It was AMAZING!
I enjoined it very much and am ensured by my hubs that we will do this many more times, trying all possible routes to get across.

I took something like 300 photos, and will spare you all the delirious hiking ones, ha ha.
But i thought it would be best if i broke it up into two posts.
So here is the first half of our trip in photos...

Here we are all fresh and ready to head out over Bishop Pass!  (We went up and over what you see in the background behind us)


So this is Palisade Creek, and we were the first ones to make it across this year!!  The day before 4 rangers attempted to cross, and they sternly informed us that, "they aborted the mission", and that it was a very advanced crossing!  Ha ha, then us four stupid kids did it!!
It may not look that scary, but it is pretty deep, and moving incredibly fast!
Well we made it to the place where we set up camp for the second night!  That day a ranger did make it past the creek right after we crossed, he was out scoping out the trail before it opens soon.  He was impressed that we made it, ha ha.  He told us the rangers told him to keep an eye on the river in case he found us floating, ha ha!!
Our 14 mile day ended wonderfully with chairs and good company!

I will post the photos of the next three days soon, but that's all for now.
Have a great weekend!

Monday, August 22, 2011

Swap meet finds!!

I found some treasures this morning for sure,
and the best part is...
i spent 12 bucks!!!
Now that's MY kind of decorating! 

This green lamp is quite possibly the coolest lamp ever.  You can't see in the photo, but the inside area lights up also!! 
It was $8, but my hubs got it down to $6.  SWEET!
And i got a bunch of really cool old books...
yea for old books!!!
i kinda LOVE old things, and there is just something about these old books that i think is awesome

this scale is a bit beat up...but you can't complain for 2 bucks, ha ha
 So if you are broke like us, you NEED to get out and find your nearest swap meet and pay pennies for treasures!!

Monday, August 15, 2011

special moments

Being one who does not have any children, its easy to miss the simple and subtle ways a child can brighten your day.
I have mentioned before that we nanny for a little kiddo named Hailey.
She is a fun, exhausting, sweet, frustrating and easy to love seven year old.
The other night Aaron and i took her for a short hike where she ran circles around us, giggling the whole time.
I snapped a few photos while we were on our little adventure.
 It is nights like these i am incredibly excited to have a munchkin of our very own....maybe in five years!



Garden update!

Our garden is producing lots and lots of yummy food.  So much in fact that we have not had to buy veggies for months!
So far we have tomatos, bell peppers, cucumbers, eggplant, red peppers, corn, multiple summer and winter squash, red potatos, and lots of green beans!!

My hubs loves his butternut squash!