relishing the life God has given us
September 20, 2014 Before our new puppy entered our family, we had another weekend adventure! This happened the day after we first met Charlotte, and so while we were hiking, most of our conversations revolved around her. We were trying to imagine what it would be like doing everything with a little puppy by our side. Exactly one year ago… Read More
We had another lovely night at Sabino Canyon, running/walking with our friend Mitch. Great conversation, perfect weather, a gorgeous canyon sunset that brightened the entire sky. Could the night get any better? No. Down was the only way to go. It was starting to get darker when we passed by some other walkers who said “Look out, we just saw… Read More
Saturday, September 13, 2014 Today, we decided that since we had afternoon plans, we just wanted to get out and do a short hike in the morning. We decided to hike the Bear Canyon trail, which leads to 7 Falls – a 6 mile hike round trip. (You can also start at Sabino Canyon, but that adds an extra mile!)… Read More
Yesterday, Curtis’ dad, Ray, came down to visit us! He’s in Phoenix for work, and was able to get away for the afternoon. The fact that he was able to get out of Phoenix is a miracle within itself, thanks to all the rain that Southern Arizona got yesterday morning. Maybe you heard about it on the news, but they… Read More
Saturday, September 6, 2014 Another Saturday adventure! Today we were up bright and early and got a good start on the adventure. It ended up being a great example of “Early bird gets the worm” – and the “worm” for us was a beautiful drive up the Catalina Highway and a quiet, peaceful hike on Kellogg Mountain trail. We were… Read More
For our adventure last Saturday, (8/30/14) we went for a hike and planted my letterboxes. Here are a few pictures of the trail we hiked, with no good hints whatsoever of where the boxes are hidden. 🙂 We hiked 5.8 miles round trip on Bog Springs trail in Madera Canyon. We love the hikes in this area because the trails… Read More