Fantastic day in eastern Utah. Woke up super early due to jet lag.. diane was already awake planning our day
It had snowed quite a bit last night.. so we took a hike aroundd the place we’re staying.. about 8 cabins in the middle of no where.. nearest neighbors are a few miles away.. super beautiful !
We’re at 7500 feet.. and our popcorn bag shows it !
We got out of the house about 11… the road back tot eh highway is 15 miles.. an we only saw one other car.. but lots of cows ! and a very interesting outhouse with a view !
we stopped in Moab for coffee then headed to Arches national park.. so amazingly beautiful !. We hiked delicate arches trail.. lots of people.. but worth it
We then headed to devils garden.. .. also beautiful.. far fewer people
the ride home was gorgeous.. sun was setting up on the mountain as we drove home.. indescribable !
We got home around 5:30 .. made a yummy dinner and now are about to hit the hot tub.. such a great day
Ok… I know I’ve fallen way behin in my blogging… I was thiking I might be done with it .. but i’ve started to miss it very much. Not a day goes buy when I don trefer back to my blog to remember a person. plae.. an even or a feeling.. So I’m goign to restart.. and over time I’m going to try to fill in the gaps that I missed since september..
So.. to bring you to now.. Diane and I are in a really cure funky cabin about 35 minites south east of Moab utah. We’re out here for a week of hiking .. then were. goign to visit gabe in portland.. then max an becky in Santa fe. I’ll be working some too.. This is an experiment.. Novembers ae pretty hard for us.. its the month Sam died.. Thanksgiving in particular is a hard time.. it’s gettign dark.. the leaves are down.. and its dreary.. It’s stick season (its just like Noah Kahan’s song Stick Season) .. On top of that.. the world is having a hard time. .. lots of strife an anger..
an then there were the elections… its a perfect time to unplug.
THis year we’re goign to change it up.. Lets see how it works.
Anyway.. back to today. We woke up at 3L30 to get to the airport by 4L30.. Parked the car.. then took 3 differnt planes to get to Grand Junction Colorado.> From there we rentted a car and drove three hours here. . The cabin we’re renting is about 15 miles down a steep windy mountain roa.. with nothin on it but us. THe house is cure adn idolaated.. it has a hot tub .. and more stars that I’ve seen in a long while..
a perfect place to start our adventure !
more from the road tomorrow !
nite all. nite sam -me
Moab is cute and touristy. we finaly saw the arches that made this place so famous !
I woke early today and dint even look at the news.. I had no idea what to expect.. When I went to bed things were looking kinda weird.. I walked outside and daine was there.. whe asked for me to go look at the sunris
it was red.. thats when I knew how the elction had gone
*sight\* .. certainly not the outcome we wished for.. lots of thinkign to do now..
But first a quick hike up duxbury window to clear our heads
but life goes on.. I thin the reaction I have is summed up in this sign I saw at work today
We’ll get through this.. anmd its certainly goign to be interesting !
nite all, nite sam _me
ps. with this post I’m officially caught up with my blog. That means I just wrote 69 days worth of blogs relying on my memory. my pictures, my calendar and my family to reconstruct the days.. Here are a few thigns I’ve noticed in doign this catch up
I am very lucky to have such a loving family
we live very busy and fun lives (generally)
We have a lot of wonderful friends.. .. many of whom stop by ourh ouse
we have a really great circle of very close freinds that we see often
we do a lot of hiking !
I take a whole lot of selfies with me and diane.. too many ? … never !
It weird not to be able to write about my work. Its such a huge part of my life and interests.. it feels funny not to be able to reflect here.. I feel that anyone reading this might not realize that I’m working fill time between Beta and my work with IBM
Im very glad to have caught up on my blog. I was thinking of giving it up.. but its such a great resource.. I hardly ever go a day with out referring to it to find a picture, place or person,.
I now have 6491 blog posts.. which means since I started I’ve missed only 81 days.. all of those were during the times i was off line for the Colony.. there are a couple of days missing from crossing the international date lin
