This last week conlcuded Mara's 13 straight days of working in the pediatric wards. 13 straight days of 12hr+ days requires that we get out of Phoenix and relax! Of course she had to work on Sunday, so it was only an overnight trip, but as soon as she was off on Friday we scurried up to the Mogollon Rim north of us.
We talked with some friends who had a really cool site they were going to Saturday night. We got to the site Friday night and found there was an area that was washed out from the rain that day and we didn't want to chance getting stuck since we don't have 4WD, and it 10 o'clock at night and about 13mi back in the middle of nowhere. We decided to camp at a more accesable site. It was dark when we set up so we had no idea of our view. We stargazed and got a good fire going (even with the wet wood, thank you very much! :P).
The next day we were greeted with a pretty sweet view of the valley below...:) We found some awesome rocky points to explore. Words are hard to describe the vastness and depth, but the pictures do a decent job, but nothing beats being there and taking it in.
We met up with the rest of the group at the site that we couldn't get to the night before. We hung out a bit before heading back. They had a pretty sweet site as well, and we'll definitely have to check that out sometime! Our site had better veiws I thought, but we were close to the forest road, so when we did see vehicles it was a little annoying, but we didn't seem to mind too much...:)
Sunday Mara had to work (14hrs on her birthday!), so Rohan and I watched some of the Brewers game, Badger game, and Packer game...AWESOME weekend for WI sports! :) When Mara got home I had dinner ready and then we went on a walk before crashing. Mara starts her newborn nursery month today which will have it's long days, but nothing like peds wards, so just about anything will seem less hectic than last month...:)
Hope everyone is enjoying the cooler fall weather!
We saw a cool phenomenon when we made our last batch of Frappuccinos. The bubbles made by the blender went down instead of up...reminded me of Guinness Beer...and some physics...:)
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Your camera rocks! Those star pictures are amazing. Give Roh kisses from me and tell him I'll do yoga with him when we're out there!
Just saw the "Days Until The Stokes Come To Visit!" counter on your blog. I love it!!!
Amazing pics! looks so peaceful - hope Mara had some much needed R and R!! So being in the newborn nursery huh...getting any baby itches? :)
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