gorge goodies

Went to The Gorge & it was perfect.

Made skillet pancakes & bacon over the fire.

Sat in caves.

Hiked the trails.

Climbed on top of Court House Rock.

Everything about it made me so happy. 

set sail.

sail boat

chicks

it's spring & we got baby chicks! 

i am so happy around these sweet little girls. 

i hold them every day--obsessed.

we may just start a chick raising business, when they  grow up & are laying eggs we will sell them so we can get more little babies. 

for now we have 8 chicks, 6 hens, & 1 rooster.

bears.

This article reminds me of when we were in Glacier National Park.
We were on the east side near the Canadian border about to embark on our 9 mile hike to Cosley Lake where we would spend several nights in the back country.
We were so hyped to be in the mountains that it didn't even dawn on us that anything dangerous could happen.
We were walking to the trail head when we saw "beware of bears" signs and were
super disappointed because we had just driven an hour to get to the top of the park and didn't want to go back into town to grab bear mace.
We decided to take our chances & see how it went--what's the worst that could happen (right)?
Then we came across a Patagonia clad local, Rebecca, who was on her way back from her day hike.
She begged us to take her spray--she would feel too guilty if she heard about two hikers getting killed due to a bear attack that she could have prevented.
We were insistent on returning her mace so she said to take it to Babb (the only town outside of the park).
She was a teacher there & a regular of The Babb Press Cafe.
After 2 minutes on the trail and seeing more than one print & plenty of bear scat we were beyond thankful for Rebecca & the comfort her mace brought to our hike.
At the end of our journey we stopped by The Babb Press Cafe ate tons of bacon & pancakes & left her spray with Sunny, the owner.
bear photo cred

wild things.

Dear Maurice Sendak,

"Please don't go. We'll eat you up. We love you so."

We'll miss you.
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so much goodness.

Ate lunch on the docks this week.

Celebrated Ben's graduation from his masters program (summa cum laude).

So many mulberries every where.

Went to the derby parade, heard Cyndi Lauper sing (Morg didn't care, we laughed a lot).

Celebrated Gracie's 12th birthday.

Ben went fly fishing in Georgia with his dudes (Habersham County). 

I spent the weekend with Bek.

We went with Henry & Morg to Garage Bar, ate yummy pizza, & laughed at all of the out of town visitors who were in Louisville for Derby.

We ate lots of bacon.

We ran on the anchorage trail.

We laid out on her trampoline & got some delicious vitamin D.

Obsessed over the supermoon.

I had the best vacation & I didn't even leave the city.