This weekend was really really great. Maybe one of the best holiday weekends I can remember. Everybody was in a good mood - lots of laughing, lots of appreciation on both sides of the family ( Read more... )

It's been a great trip, but we miss our bunnies and look forward to hot showers so decided to head home a little earlier than planned. I would personally like to stay out a little longer, but with the forest fires and high temperatures I have to accept that maybe this trip isn't going to be quite as rejuvenating as others we've had in the past ( Read more... )

I rested my neck for a solid 19-20 hours yesterday and it's feeling significantly better, though I still have limited movement. I said screw it and we hiked up to Sawtooth Lake. It was an 11 mile round trip hike with 1,700 foot elevation gain. It really tuckered us out ( Read more... )

My neck still hurts so bad I am very limited in what I can do - so we spent the day on the waller. Lots of reading on the spit by the creek... lots of thinking, too. That evening we finished the podcast "Serial" about Adnon, and I finished my book. Both endings were pretty unsatisfying ( Read more... )

Woke up and tweaked my neck super bad. We drove to the Stanley Ranger Station - saw a sweet moth, talked to a handsome ranger, and got good recommendations for our next camping spots ( Read more... )

Saw a fox this morning! She was really something, hunting across the dirt road in another field. She missed her prey, but hopped around merrily before coming into the open and spotting us. She was long-legged and faded from red on top to her jet black feet. <3 ( Read more... )

We decided to go to Craters of the Moon National Park and would go to the doctor to remove the moth from Andy's ear in Hailey that afternoon. It was pretty crazy. Lots of black rock that sparkled when you looked at it closely and it was very light to pick up ( Read more... )

We shuffled up to Lillypad Lake, a truly short hike to a truly adorable, aptly-named lake. I also got nasty cramps and started my period. Joy ( Read more... )

We woke up nice and early, and while I was laying cozy in the tent, we heard thunder rolling. After some frantic running around we got the fly on and Andy dove into the tent just in time. We then spent the next hour or so snuggled up together, listening to the rain and thunder while I dozed off. We took our time getting ready, settled on a second ( Read more... )

The morning was a bit chaotic as we didn't do a very good job preparing for this trip. Also, the house is kinda like a farm so deep watering plants, bunny chores, cooling down the house, etc. always takes time. Meanwhile, late last week I put us on this path to explore going solar (I didn't realize how much work on the front end would be required) ( Read more... )