I headed down to Sedona, Arizona around the 19th of June for another 9 day retreat. You'll see a few pictures from there, shortly.
The drive down was really neat. I drove to Kanab the first day, enjoying the sights. The next day I finished the drive to Sedona. I stopped off in Page, AZ to take a little hike and some photos.
This is looking up at the Glen Canyon dam with Lake Powell in the background.
Here is the Colorado River below the dam. It's so nice to see the lovely green sage and other wildflowers blooming!
In Sedona, I had another fabulous week of learning, laughing and releasing. In between the retreat and the coaches training, a group of us went hiking up one of the canyons...
This is just one of the many spectacular views while on our hike. It was a good 15 degrees cooler than in Sedona proper which was quite lovely.
Here are two of my favorite Sedona buddies, Suzanne and Toine.
Any yours truely...
It was a lovely place to sit, enjoy the scenery and the quiet.
Jay joined me the last day and then we headed to Colorado for the 4th of July. We spent the day with my parents and in the evening we drove up to Palmer Lake to see their fireworks display. I was very impressed! I wasn't expecting much from little Palmer Lake (at least it was little when I remembered it!), but they put on quite a show. Their post fireworks traffic control left a little to be desired, but I would still go see it again (but probably park somewhere else).
On the 5th we did a little mountain bike ride in the morning, then decided to go up to the top of Pikes Peak. I remember driving up it with my parents as a kid, so I opted to drive it instead of taking the Cog Railway. I forget how stunning a view it is.
Here is the world from the top of Pikes Peak
And here we are, still enjoying our newleywed status, and the view, of course. It was about 54 degrees up on top and almost 90 back at the old homestead.
On Sunday we drove back to Salt Lake, taking I-70 to just past Greenriver and then up toward 89 and back home. The trip was about 9.5 hours, so very doable! It makes me verrrrry happy that I can drive down to see my folks relatively easily. The gas is gettin' a little pricey, but it still beats the airfare.
A few days later I celebrated my 52nd birthday. We went up to Pam's to have cake and play with the girls. It was a load of fun.
I always get a kick at how much fun the little girls have with Jay. He is the perfect grandpa! He plays so sweet with them. They are playing a kinda of peek a boo game which changes depending on what characters the girls want to be.
Andi has become the scary monster, so Jay is now 'hiding' behind the pillow. : >
It was a terrific birthday celebration, topped off with a call to the birthday boy, Edamame!
This week has been busy with play, business, riding and adventure. Today I went for a test ride in Park City. It was a two hour ride to check out trails that Jay and I can ride perhaps next week. I got lost (not a problem, I had plenty of water and an extra food bar), then found, then lost again. Ultimately finding my way back, and hopefully a route that will become a new favorite. Tonight I'm going to take a little bit of a nap, then we're going to go see the midnight showing of the new Batman movie! I just love hanging out with Jay, he is SOOOO much fun : >. He loves doing this kinda crazy stuff, and I'm kinda groovin' on it too!
