Heather's Path of Destruction

There is one thing I need to mention about our trip. Heather trailblazed a path of destruction over the course of our 6 weeks. On Day 2, she lost her wedding band (not the engagement ring). We went on a hike to the Window in Big Bend. It was cool when we left, but was pretty humid on the way back. Heather vaguely remembered having the ring on, but wasn't sure. So, ring was gone. Next, she was wearing a necklace that I gave her when we started dating, first nice gift kind of thing. That broke and disappeared. Keeping on, she then walked in to a river in Colorado with her phone in her back pocket. Glug. Then when we got to Idaho, as she was taking pictures of all the "pretty" freshwater mussels in the Selway River, she forgot that she was in the river and dunked our camera underwater. Luckily, it dried out quickly, so, just to make sure, Heather dunked it about a foot underwater a second time (within an hour) as she was taking pictures of a fish. At this point, I figured the cost of our trip had roughly doubled. And, for those of you that know me, I was not the happiest camper.

Strangely, though, almost everything resolved itself. The camera and memory card dried out a second time, and somehow is still working. The phone also dried out and is still working. Then, for the weirdest thing, we got a flat tire outside of Denver a few days before we got back. I had to pull out the jack from under the back seat, which was sealed in a little plastic cubby area. I grab the jack and am working on the tire when Heather walks up and flashes her hand in front of me. The ring is on her finger. Somehow, the thing had worked its way under the seat and into the jack box. No idea how.

We had some stock market-style swings, but all that she officially lost (or broke) was one necklace. Pretty good overall.

Anyway, here's some more pics.
Little Heather looking out over Deadhorse Canyon.
The rarely seen, and hardly elusive Fatmunk.

Dr. Seussville. This is Bryce Canyon.

More Bryce Canyon.

HONESTLY WE HAD NO INTERNET

Ok, it has been a little while since my last post. I didn't really think that anyone was reading this, but in the last few days, I've had 3 or 4 people tell me that we needed to post something. We just got back to the farm on Monday, and the last week and a half of our trip was through the mountains. Honestly, there was no place to blog, and then our computer had a minor breakdown. So, I think that in order to catch up, I need to do a little photo montage. To quote the Team America song:

Show a lot of things happing at once,
Remind everyone of what’s going on (what’s going on?)
And with every shot you show a little improvement
To show it all would take to long
That’s called a montage (montage)
Oh we want montage (montage)

And anything that we want to go from just a beginner to a pro,
You need a montage (montage)
Even Rocky had a montage (montage).

Clear Lake.  Beautiful but tiny fish.

Looks like a Chevy commercial.


Finally caught some nice sized rainbows at Miramonte Lake in SW Colorado.

Interlude for smoking hot wife picture.


After leaving Colorado, we headed to Moab and the Arches National Park. 
Home of the Double Arch and the $160 Dollar a night Motel 6 (we camped).
I was feeling artsy.

This was the Broken Arch.  I was a little nervous walking under the thing.
Um, I have a joke here, but Heather has disallowed it. Again.

This is the main view as you come into and leave the park.  Lightning was cracking like
crazy in the storm.  I think Heather took 150 pics but couldn't catch the lightning.

Damn. I can't even catch up in a montage.  I'll post more now that we are back.  Good news-
Heather and I got picked to go to Kenya in January through a great group called HopeRuns.
 Check it out at www.hoperuns.org.
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