Vacation

I've taken two mini-trips this past week.  First, Sara and I went to Utah.  I freaking love Utah.  I don't necessarily want to live in Utah, but I love to visit there.  Sara spent some quality time thinking over if she would consider becoming a sister wife.  I spent zero time contemplating that since it didn't seem like a very viable option.  Jessica came and took care of the dogs during the day and the cats at night.  I had everyone do a trial run of being good and apparently Randi did this too well because she hid from Jessica which is not normally how Randi operates.

Vacation started out sucking because my last contact ripped and I had to cancel my eye doctor appointment last week so I could be at my parents' for the Max handoff while they were out conducting official important business.  When I called the office said, "No we don't have a sample and no we can't give you another box and no there are no sooner appointments."  Frustrated, I had to get out my prescription sunglasses from several years ago and which don't stay on my face all that well.

Our first stop in Utah was Hurricane where we stayed for one night before heading to Zion.  In Zion we planned on doing a couple of easy to moderate hikes.  We did not, at any time, plan on doing Angel's Landing because that is for people who don't believe in gravity.  In the morning we tooled around and then after lunch we went out for an "easy" hike to Emerald Pools.  Easy my ass.  That thing was freaking hard and it was hot and I didn't take the hiking pole and because my prescription sunglasses are old my depth perception is off with them, so I thought I knew how far the steps were down, but turns out I didn't.  After that hike, Sara and I were spent so we packed up our gear and drove to Panguich where we were going to be staying.

Panguich is a great little town and our hotel was even greater because it had chairs so we could sit out on the balcony and act like the old guys on the Muppets.  Friday night we even had the added bonus of having actual French people staying next to us!  I went outside and made friends, proving to myself that I can, actually, still speak actual French and not just French I because sometimes I'm not so sure.

Saturday we went to Bryce where we got lost a bunch of times (my fault) and then back to Panguich for a fabulous night on the town until 7:00.  There were no actual French people that night to chit chat with, so I just had to make due talking English with Sara.

Sunday morning we headed off to Red Canyon, which in my opinion is a hidden jewel of Southern Utah.  Nobody was on the trail and it was perfect.  Not too hard, not too easy and so very gorgeous.  After that we got on the road where we remained stuck in Vegas traffic until about 7:00.

Yesterday Sara, Jessica and I went to Buelton to get Jessica's new car.  Jessica bought the car in Colorado, but the dealer found a similar one here so we had to pick it up here.  Sara and I spent some quality time wine tasting last night and then we drove home this morning so that I could be back in time to go to gymnastics with Max.

I think that's all my trips for the whole summer.

Zion

Zion

An insect

Red Canyon

Bryce

A squirrel 

Bryce

A tree that looks like a fish

View from Red Canyon Trail 

Red Canyon

Sometimes Shila moves her bed and in this instance blocked off the sewing room from entry by any other canines who stayed in the hallway crying for at least five minutes.