Awesome Arizona Vacation

OK - I've been shamed into trying to add content to my site!
Obviously it's tough to teach an old Moose new tricks!

HIKE to HAVASUPAI - June 24, 2008

We got up WAY TOO EARLY in the morning to head to Supai Hilltop to begin the hike down the canyon to the Indian Reservation. Kayla, Britney and Adam arrived in about 3 hours and 30 mintues and the rest of us arrived about an hour later - probably around 10 a.m. - - which was just in time to sit on the lovely concrete porch because they wouldn't let us check in yet - this gave us the opportunity to make some incredibly tasty freeze dried food for lunch - which I was happy to share with everyone because I really didn't want to have to haul it back out of the canyon.

As soon as we could get into our hotel room and ditch all of our packs we headed to the Havasu Falls. It was incredible!

While Alan was busy giving me pointers on how to actually use my camera to get better pictures, the rest of the pack was down enjoying the water - good thing it was really HOT because the water was extremely COLD. Unfortunately I had brought a really attractive swimsuit that I wore in the 70s and as soon as I got in the water it became crystal clear that there was no longer any elastic left in the fabric and it was soon hanging down to my kneecaps. Good thing we don't have a photo of that - however, I do have a really cool photo of Kayla and her very coloroful ankle. She wasn't very pleased when I mentionted that it looked like a case of Elephantitis. Good thing she's actually a tough little rodent.

Okay - we'll, I'm sure I've bored everyone to tears - and driven myself crazy - It appears that what you see in the 'compose' window is definitely not what you get to see after you post the blog - so signing off now!

Perhaps when I return Emily will have taken pity on me and made my blog look really cool - p.s. Emily - my favorite colors are Blue, Purple and Pink in case you can't tell.

Breaking in...

Just for fun and to show my mom that this really can't be all that difficult I decided to break in to her blog and add this little comment for her:

Much to Sheila's dismay she has now been "forced to work at home." I'm not really sure why she complains so much it seems like she really just does more wandering about and complaining that I don't go on walks with her. Apparently it is my fault that she never changes out of her workout clothes. Yes, she is kind of letting herself go now that she doesn't leave the house anymore. It's a little sad to be honest. Although her new job situation has allowed her to slow down a bit she has remained as much of a slave-driver as ever when it comes to what I need to be doing.

You would think that our vacations would be a nice break from the madness of everyday life but Sheila being who she is had us up and running at the crack of dawn the whole time. It was almost a relief to get home and rest after the madness of vacation.

To be completely honest it has been an amazing summer and we have had so much fun together. It has been a relief to be home and have the chance defy my mother's demands that I work and basically be a lazy sod at home for the summer before heading back to the stresses of college.

As usual, she is yelling at me to go do something with her so I guess this is the end of the post
oh, no, she just got to three.... I guess I better head to time out

love ya Mom
- Kayla