running in dress pants

First, you need to know that I'm a very forgetful person.

I often forget my socks or headphones for going to the gym after work. Today, I forgot my workout pants, but I really wanted to go on my run with Sarah. So, I pulled on my sports top and tennis shoes and went for a run in my dress pants.

The best part of the story is that earlier in the day, I noticed for the first time that the pants said "Dry Clean Only".

Oops

The Trip Continued

Day 4: We had originally planned on going to Havasu Falls, but since that required a 10 mile hike in with packs and our bodies were not yet ready for that, we went to Zion. I had never been to Zion and loved the chance to go explore another park. We hiked around in the afternoon, and then shared a camping spot a really nice couple from Canada in an RV after the campground hosts gave away our spot. In the end we really didn't mind, the couple made us coffee!

Day 5: We drove to Bryce where we were originally going to spend one night. Well, it was a good thing we changed our plans! There was a couple of feet of snow on the ground there, and a snowstorm on it's way in. We hiked around most of the afternoon, then headed for Canyonlands.

Pics of Bryce:

National Park Extravaganza: Hard Core or Not So Smart?

Months ago my friend Sarah mentioned that it would be fun to go to the Grand Canyon over spring break. I enthusiastically agreed, but like so many other ideas, never thought it would happen.

Well, I should never underestimate Sarah. She totally made it happen and we had a blast! (Unfortunately, med school doesn't give spring break to the poor 3rd years, so Jules couldn't come.)

Day 1: Driving

Days 2 &3:First, we went to the Grand Canyon. We camped just outside the park so we wouldn't have to pay for a site :) It was so cold that night that when I went to put in my contacts in the morning, they were frozen inside of little saline ice cubes. There was also a good amount of frost on the tent.

We were hoping to get a last minute pass to camp at the bottom, but no luck. So we decided to hike to the river and back in one day. Smart idea, don't you think?




Well, we did make it out alive but it took us a while and we were exhausted when we reached the top. It was definitely worth it though. The views were amazing along the trail. The bottom half of the canyon has such different geology than the top half; a different kind of beauty.






The next day we hobbled around the top of the canyon with sore legs. We spent some quiet time journaling, praying and reflecting. It was so nice to just sit in such a beautiful place and just take it all in.