This year my birthday happened to land on a Wednesday, and it happened to be one of the busiest Wednesdays of the whole month! We both had to work that day and Spencer got stuck working until Midnight! So since Wednesday was void of any fun, Spencer decided to surprise me with a trip to Moab! On Saturday we went white water rafting on the Colorado River. After we got through that alive we decided to hike to Delicate Arch in Arches National Park.
The next morning we went horseback riding. My horse liked to stop and eat a lot, so it took a while for little me to show that big animal who was boss, but after a while we were trotting down the same trails that Butch Cassidy and other famous cowboys took a long time ago.
After riding along the red canyons all afternoon, we managed to find enough energy to hike the rest of Arches. It came back to haunt our muscles the next day, but it was well worth it. Such a great weekend!
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Moab weekend
Thursday, January 7, 2010
What a Welcome!
So as many of you probably already knew, we are finally back in the good old USA. It was great to get back home to family, friends, Walmart, free refills, normal food, and a decent bed. It wasn't long however that we realized that things were not all happy go lucky back in the land of promise. As soon as we arrived back home our hot water wasn't working (by not working I don't mean it wasn't hot, there simply wasn't any water at all when switched to hot). We didn't have a frozen pipe - we weren't that blessed; it turned out that our hot water heater died after a long twenty years. So we replaced our water heater and then went out of town to relax and enjoy the holidays.
We then returned home once again and found that our furnace had contracted the same ailment as the water heater and had also died. We therefore replaced the furnace and then immediately paid tuition on top of it. I almost feel like a broken slot machine just paying jackpots to everyone willing to pull the handle.
But in all reality, we enjoy being home so much that the cost is worth it...I think. Its good to be back.
