It has been nearly 2 months since I posted that I am done with the blog. If you missed that post, you can click here to read it -
HAPPINESS without Blogging
It has been a wonderful 2 months. I had not realized what a burden this blog had become for me. We have been on a few trips and I was actually unable to make myself take pictures or journal. It was as if I was cleansing myself of all pressure that I had put on myself since starting the blog. It felt SO GOOD!!! Like a 20 pound weight was off my shoulders.
We just got back from an 8 day camping trip in the Kern Plateau (Southern Sierras) on the drive home I got 5 texts from friends asking when they got to see pictures from our trip, and during our trip Shane had mentioned that it was too bad I wasn't going to put pictures on the blog.......ok........point is taken.
I have to admit that I dont want to cut the cord completely. Here is my compromise.....I will post a few of the highlight pictures but keep the writing to a minimum. The stories just take me too long and I have so many things I enjoy more than sitting in front of the computer....So here it goes!!!
This hike was 4 miles and CRAZY elevation gain. Nearly vertical is some places. I complained more than the girls. They are tougher kids than me as a 20 year old when I just started hiking. The last mile back to camp they RAN all the way down. CRAZY!!
AWESOME owl that followed us down a canyon and then landed right by us.
Night time temperatures were amazingly cold. Our water was freezing before it even got dark. We NEVER have campfires, but we found that on this trip it was impossible to not have a fire. The minute the sun went down the temp dropped fast. Two of the nights we were at high elevation and we had to share sleeping bags to conserve heat. Alli and Shane could zip their bags together. Jill had to sleep IN my bag. Reminded me of when she was 9 months and we went camping for 3 weeks - I had to sleep in the CAR with her every night. At least it was only 2 nights.
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| Jill signing the register she found. |
Thanksgiving day we went on a 4 mile hike along the Pacific Crest Trail. It is so fun to think that some day we could actually hike along the entire PCT....some day....we had a wonderful relaxing time. A very special neighbor of ours gave the girls a book on drawing Zentangles. I had brought it on the hike and was drawing one when Jill came over and wanted to do one. Look at this precious little face. She is growing up so fast. 
And Shane is loving his book - A Wise Man's Fear - he was reading standing up. Jill thought that was entertaining so she took his picture! That night we had eggs, bacon and ham for Thanksgiving dinner. YUM! Now it's Sunday the 30th, we are back home and we are having Thanksgiving with the Chico clan. We appreciate so much that we had 3 extra days to stay in the mountains. I have 30 minutes to get our house ready for our guests. This post took me 40 minutes.....I think that is sustainable!!