Southern Utah - March 2008

Shaun and I met in St. George for one more March adventure of biking, hiking, flying, and shooting stuff.

Shaun biking Gooseberry Mesa - all I know is that it's too hard for the likes of me...

Southern Utah redrock... did I mention I love it?

Shaun landed the Super Cub in some really cool places... I'm sure none of them were illegal.
We landed on the top of a butte and found some rocks that were patiently waiting to be trundled...

... we obliged.

We flew out to the desert and decided it was time to shoot some stuff...
Shaun's targets (radishes, we're eco-friendly)...

MY target... (little bigger, but again, eco-friendly).

I swear - the guy never misses...

Yep - Bought a gun. It's a Kahr .40 and I love it.
Rainy weather grounded us so we naturally turned to our favorite amusement - shootin stuff. We determined that fruit was no longer exciting enough and hit the dollar store for some 'targets'. Shaun decided that we needed a big remote controlled truck so we could have a 'moving target'. By the way, the dollar store doesn't actually sell many things that are a dollar.
We set up our lawn decor, ceramic frogs, exploding soda cans, etc...

Die bird, Die... Shaun is a ridiculously good shot. The bird never had a chance...

S. California - March 08

Headed to Anza Borrego...

All of these pics were taken with the iPhone - so photo quality isn't the highest! Shaun and I headed to the desert to see some wildflowers and caught some gorgeous scenery on the way!

Hmmm... look at that, more gorgeous scenery... Isn't he adorable?

We flew through some mountains and came upon this lake. It was situated in a little valley in the tops of the mountains. I actually have no idea where we were - but wowsah, it was pretty!

Beautiful, huh...

This is our destination, Anza Borrego. The desert wildflowers were in bloom in a gorgeous purple.

Shaun and I ventured out to do a bit of rock climbing at sunset somewhere near Riverside. It was a perfect eve... watched the sun set up on the rocks... ate some grapes and chatted about life and love. I feel blessed to have him.

I headed South and met up with Bec, Jared and kiddies in San Diego. Em and Ky found burying stuff and burying people to be great fun. Ky ran down to the ocean to go get "his feet wet" and took a total face plant into the waves - drenched from head to toe and covered in sand. I'll admit it, I'm not the most supportive Auntie, I couldn't even begin to console him because of my gut-wrenching laughter at his poor little expense. :)

Emma in mid-tirade with me for taking her picture while she was sitting in "time out" for splashing.

After leaving the Chisholm family, I hiked around San Diego with my dogs and ended up at Seal Cove in La Jolla. I used to live down the street so it was a fun walk down Memory Lane.

I happened upon an 'illegal' dog park and somehow wandered into the underground world of doggie parties. I guess these guys meet up every night and chill with each other and their dogs. On Friday evening's they all bring food and wine and get drunk with each other and their dogs. Jax, Chaui and I hung out and talked for a while, then bailed before the police came to issue $350 tickets per dog for the 'illegal' dog meeting. Shortly thereafter, we filled up the car with ridiculously expensive gas, loaded up, and started our trek back to the frozen tundra's of SLC (after a brief and clandestine stay in a 'no pet' hotel in Mesquite). And thus concludes the March adventure to California. Stay tuned... April's adventures look to be a doosey!

I'm here in Michigan - visiting Mom and Dad! Best mom and pop ever :)