Spring break! How we love it! What did you do? Go on a special trip? Relax at home? Read some books? Visit with family? Work in the yard? Do your taxes? I hope that everyone had a wonderful and refreshing spring break!
My husband talked me into camping over spring break. We used to backpack and camp alot in college up until our second child was born and tehn it wasn't worth the effort to haul so much equipment for 2 babies. Last week we found out we need just as much equipment for 2 middle aging adults. We lodaded up the back of his truck plus a utility trailor with every gaget possible and headed off to Southern Utah with our canoe on top of the truck. We looked like the Beverly Hillbillies with our big black lab instead of Granny thrown in. When we found the campground at Hite boat ramp was a good mile from the water we kept going down other canyons along that side of Lake Powell and could never get close to the water. We dry camped near Natural Brideges and it was beautiful but so cold our water froze! We drove to Moab the next day in search of warmer weather but ran into rain and snow. So defeated, we came back to Salt Lake for centeral heat and our box spring mattress.
Sheryl, We use to keep our boat at Lake Powell and always had to go for spring break no matter the weather. I remember some mighty cold nights and rather miserable days. You have my sympathy.
I thought I was fortunate to get sick the week before spring break - but it lingered on thru the 2 weeks. I was able to get some work done outside with my son - Aerating can sure tire a person out. But I spent much of it just sitting and resting. A lazy break for me.
I found a great groupon coupon for a lovely log cabin B&B in Jackson Hole, so my husband and I made a short (3day) trip to Jackson. We saw the elk leaving the refuge. And had a lovely drive going two different ways up and back. It was just enough of a getaway to give us both a well deserved break.
I stayed home and gardened. Well the chickens helped. I have one that will step in and dig for me. Apparently I am not fast enough. I think I fed them enough worms to kill them, but alas, they were still begging for treats at the back door!!
I went to St. George and enjoyed some sun, biking and reading. Unfortunately, the first few days I was struggling with a cold. I guess I was due, as I managed to avoid all the other things this year.
I made a trip back to Minnesota to visit with my Mom and Dad. They are having a cold Spring, just like I remember as a kid. The warm weather comes on gradually there. It was great to spend time with my parents, but they have arrived at the age where they like their home nice and toasty....TOO HOT for me.
My sisters and I concocted a plan to visit Ireland in the summer so I am on the hunt for where my Irish relatives lived.
It was good to be back to Utah until today with our blistery winds up in Farmington. Happy first week back to all of you!
I went to St. George too. I discovered Swigs, the highly visited place where they put coconut squirts in your diet coke. It is fabulous. Oh, and they are famous for sugar cookies too. Just the way I love 'em. Texture like the dough.
I slept in every day AND finished a quilt that I've been working on since July of 2011. Our daughter-in-law picked out the colors and fabrics. I started piecing it during a week we spent at our cabin and got the top finished that year. Then last summer I started hand quilting it with the help of my sisters. I finished the quilting over winter break so all I had left was to do the binding. I also made some pillow shams to match. It is SO NICE to have it done after all this time. Now I'm looking for a way to surprise our son and daughter-in-law with it since they have had to wait for so long.
I went to Washington, DC to visit my 94 year old father who swims every day, golfs once a week and zips around without a walker! I had a wonderful time sightseeing, though it was too cold for the cherry blossoms to bloom. Now they are out and at their peak (it has warmed up considerably) just after I left! It was a wonderful visit with all of my family.
I went to the Escalante Canyons with my boyfriend and dog. We camped out for two nights and had three full days of hiking and exploring. I enjoyed and nearly had a claustrophobia attack in a narrow slot canyon. I know I get claustrophobic, so I pat myself on the back for making it through most of the way. I also saw my very first petroglyphs.
After reading "City Dog, Country Frog" to a class about a week before break (one part says when City Dog got to the country he ran and ran without a leash), I was itching to take my dogs to the mountains and cut them loose...so we did it!
I had a fabulous spring break. I went to California to spend time with my daughter and my 4 month old grandson. I read to him, I read to me, and to my daughter! I went to the beach in Laguna 4 different days, all great beach days, filled with relaxing, reading, searching the tide pools and walking and wading. I read the book Zombie Tag by Hannah Moskowitz, a great book, acutally so sweet and funny. Just like my spring break!
I put up a fence and ordered another one. Finally after 12 years in this house we are getting the fences that I wanted the day we moved in. Now I just have to install the big one around the back yard.
My husband talked me into camping over spring break. We used to backpack and camp alot in college up until our second child was born and tehn it wasn't worth the effort to haul so much equipment for 2 babies. Last week we found out we need just as much equipment for 2 middle aging adults. We lodaded up the back of his truck plus a utility trailor with every gaget possible and headed off to Southern Utah with our canoe on top of the truck. We looked like the Beverly Hillbillies with our big black lab instead of Granny thrown in. When we found the campground at Hite boat ramp was a good mile from the water we kept going down other canyons along that side of Lake Powell and could never get close to the water. We dry camped near Natural Brideges and it was beautiful but so cold our water froze! We drove to Moab the next day in search of warmer weather but ran into rain and snow. So defeated, we came back to Salt Lake for centeral heat and our box spring mattress.
ReplyDeleteSheryl, We use to keep our boat at Lake Powell and always had to go for spring break no matter the weather. I remember some mighty cold nights and rather miserable days. You have my sympathy.
DeleteI thought I was fortunate to get sick the week before spring break - but it lingered on thru the 2 weeks. I was able to get some work done outside with my son - Aerating can sure tire a person out. But I spent much of it just sitting and resting. A lazy break for me.
ReplyDeleteI was able to spend more time with my adult children. Fun.
ReplyDeleteI found a great groupon coupon for a lovely log cabin B&B in Jackson Hole, so my husband and I made a short (3day) trip to Jackson. We saw the elk leaving the refuge. And had a lovely drive going two different ways up and back. It was just enough of a getaway to give us both a well deserved break.
ReplyDeleteI stayed home and gardened. Well the chickens helped. I have one that will step in and dig for me. Apparently I am not fast enough. I think I fed them enough worms to kill them, but alas, they were still begging for treats at the back door!!
ReplyDeleteI went to St. George and enjoyed some sun, biking and reading. Unfortunately, the first few days I was struggling with a cold. I guess I was due, as I managed to avoid all the other things this year.
ReplyDeleteI made a trip back to Minnesota to visit with my Mom and Dad. They are having a cold Spring, just like I remember as a kid. The warm weather comes on gradually there. It was great to spend time with my parents, but they have arrived at the age where they like their home nice and toasty....TOO HOT for me.
ReplyDeleteMy sisters and I concocted a plan to visit Ireland in the summer so I am on the hunt for where my Irish relatives lived.
It was good to be back to Utah until today with our blistery winds up in Farmington. Happy first week back to all of you!
I went to St. George too. I discovered Swigs, the highly visited place where they put coconut squirts in your diet coke. It is fabulous. Oh, and they are famous for sugar cookies too. Just the way I love 'em. Texture like the dough.
ReplyDeleteI didn't do anything special. I kept my leg up to try and continue recouping from knee surgery and did some reading, and hand sewing.
ReplyDeleteI slept in every day AND finished a quilt that I've been working on since July of 2011. Our daughter-in-law picked out the colors and fabrics. I started piecing it during a week we spent at our cabin and got the top finished that year. Then last summer I started hand quilting it with the help of my sisters. I finished the quilting over winter break so all I had left was to do the binding. I also made some pillow shams to match. It is SO NICE to have it done after all this time. Now I'm looking for a way to surprise our son and daughter-in-law with it since they have had to wait for so long.
ReplyDeleteI went to Washington, DC to visit my 94 year old father who swims every day, golfs once a week and zips around without a walker! I had a wonderful time sightseeing, though it was too cold for the cherry blossoms to bloom. Now they are out and at their peak (it has warmed up considerably) just after I left! It was a wonderful visit with all of my family.
ReplyDeleteSo glad your dad gets to enjoy good health at 94!!
DeleteI went to the Escalante Canyons with my boyfriend and dog. We camped out for two nights and had three full days of hiking and exploring. I enjoyed and nearly had a claustrophobia attack in a narrow slot canyon. I know I get claustrophobic, so I pat myself on the back for making it through most of the way. I also saw my very first petroglyphs.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading "City Dog, Country Frog" to a class about a week before break (one part says when City Dog got to the country he ran and ran without a leash), I was itching to take my dogs to the mountains and cut them loose...so we did it!
ReplyDeleteI had a fabulous spring break. I went to California to spend time with my daughter and my 4 month old grandson. I read to him, I read to me, and to my daughter! I went to the beach in Laguna 4 different days, all great beach days, filled with relaxing, reading, searching the tide pools and walking and wading. I read the book Zombie Tag by Hannah Moskowitz, a great book, acutally so sweet and funny. Just like my spring break!
ReplyDeleteI put up a fence and ordered another one. Finally after 12 years in this house we are getting the fences that I wanted the day we moved in. Now I just have to install the big one around the back yard.
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