Flowers

I'm having a blast this spring and thought I'd share a couple pretty pictures.

This was taken at Zion National Park.

This one is from my parents' front yard.

I wish I had some pictures of the flowering trees I've seen around town. Just breath taking!

Spring Break

I have fallen way behind again! Oh dear. I really want to do better.

I just want to share a couple of pictures from my recent trip out West. I went with my husband and my brother road tripping to the Great Sand Dune National Park in Colorado, the Grand Canyon in Arizona, and finally Zion National Park in Utah. It was a wonderful, memorable, amazing trip that I'm going to remember forever. I love road trips!!

Great Sand Dune National Park

Sand Dunes

Three awesome people at the Dunes!

The Grand Canyon

Zion National Park

Zion

A beautiful array of cairns at Zion

Beautiful, just beautiful. I loved it. I'm looking forward to my next road trip!!

Book Across the Bay

This past weekend I participated in Book Across the Bay in Ashland, WI. Originally, the plan was to hike the 6 miles of frozen water wearing snowshoes. But with the warm weather, there was no snow covering the ice and thus no reason to wear snowshoes. It was sad, really, because I love my snowshoes. So, my husband Chad and I bought some YakTrax, which are similar to ice cleats, and we walked our way across the bay. 

It was delightful! Along the six mile route, there were ten rest points. Each one had a big fire going and volunteers were handing out water. I'm so thankful for volunteers! They make the world go round. Some stops offered cookies and music and pretty lights. 

Pretty lights at the rest stop

At the finish line!

We're hoping to compete again next year as well.

Beargrease Sled Dog Race

The Beargrease trip was a bunch of fun. We went snowshoeing at Hartley Nature Center, voted in the cutest puppy contest at the mall, and watched the racers take off. 

 

Snowshoes!

Our snowshoes have arrived! I'm so excited!!!! I went out to Hoffman Hills with Chad and tried them out. They're nice. It was a lovely late afternoon trek. The sun was setting and light, fluffy snowflakes were falling. Check out the pictures!

Anyways, I'm super happy that Chad and I finally have our own snowshoes. No more borrowing. :) And I'm really looking forward to participating in Book Across the Bay next month!!

Memories

 Just went through some photos tonight while cleaning out my desk. Good memories.

These are from a spring break trip to Glacier National Park with a bunch of crazy guys. We snowshoed up and down some awesome mountains! It was great. The mountains were beautiful. The snow was pristine, having never been touched by humans.
We drove through a blizzard the first night and ended up staying at an Indian reservation. I saw my life flash before my eyes several times during that trip. But we made it home alive and I'm thankful for the experience.

Everything was covered in feet of snow. 

The view from our campsite.