Road Trip?

My life has been a little hectic lately. Math tutoring, piano lessons, voice lessons (for me--I'm not teaching them), Girls Camp (this week!), the Wasatch Back, Youth Conference, two family reunions, two college math classes (I have to take those to renew my teaching license), and trying to plan for teaching next year. I'm supposed to be running the St. George Marathon in October also, but I'm falling sadly behind in my training. Blah.

With all this...shall we call it resposibility?...I've decided that I'm ready for a break! I want to go somewhere. Somewhere I won't have to do laundry, or clean bathrooms, or even make the bed if I don't feel like it. But I'm not sure where to go.

So who out there has the perfect weekend getaway spot? I'm open for suggestions!

Back to Reality

Matt and I just got back from our cruise to Mexico. Weather was absolutely perfect, the water was warm, the food was fantastic, and the company was great (we went with 3 other couples), so we were a bit sad to return to 20-30 degree weather and shovelling snow. Sigh. The group that we went with is already planning another warm getaway for next winter. I guess it was a hit!

This was our stateroom number. The rooms were tiny, so it's a good thing that there's so much else to do on the ship.

While walking around Ensenada, we were surprised at how HUGE the curbs were in some places--sometimes about a foot and a half tall. Here's Matt hiking up one.

This is a beach in Cabo San Lucas where we spent a couple hours. We had it mostly to ourselves to play in the water and snorkel. Now I remember why I love the beach so much.

It makes we warmer just looking at this picture!

I love walking on the beach barefoot, and you don't get many opportunities to walk where there are so few people around in such a beautiful place.

We enjoyed the sunsets from the ship. Pictures just don't do them justice.

Weekend Warrior--Duchesne

Matt & I hosted our latest edition of my family's Weekend Warrior out in the Uintah Basin. We stayed in trailers (5th wheel), rode horses, barbequed, hiked the hills, and went geocaching. Tons of fun, even if the weather wasn't totallyl cooperative. Isn't it supposed to be warm now?

Matt works with a guy who has several horses, and he was kind enough to let us all have a try. I have to admit I was a little more nervous than I thought I'd be on a horse. Not quite the same as my scooter!
We passed this trailer on our way through Heber and it made me chuckle! It's hard to read (I was taking this on the move in a car) but the bumper sticker on the back of the trailer says, "I love Alpacas!" We were amused to find later that the trailer was parked a few spots down from ours at the campsite!