Where I'm at is who I am

Memorial day came and left me with memories. It only lasted 72 hours but it felt like a week or perhaps a month. It was one of the longest weekends of my life and I don't mean that in a bad way. It was nothing like the spring break I spent in the hospital.
I perfected my chainsawing skills, I'm pretty epic. I didn't work on my fishing, but I did get a fish pedicure in a river. More legs than feet really,  but it was cool. We got stuck in the sand and we got lost, we were hot and got woken up prematurely,  and at times it was more like hell than heaven. There are times when I wish I had pictures but I do have my memory.
This memorial day I went to a little town in Arizona for family reunion with Josh's family. And even though the promise of hiking in Zions never came to fruition I still managed to have a good time.  I felt like a lost child following Josh around the whole time.  Large crowds are not my thing, and his family is large, and I was told there were more.
We camped on gravel on the side of the grass and I feel bad for the kids who had tiny sleeping pads.  I am extremely thankful for two inch sleeping pads.  I'm also thankful to Josh's mom for making a shower after swimming in the river possible.
Sunday night we left and spent the rest of the day in St. George.  We napped in a beautiful park, and watched a couple in what could be love fly kites.  We went to Brigham Young's winter home and also the St. George Temple. There are four LDS land marks that I think everyone should go to, no matter your religion. The Logan Temple, the Salt Lake Temple, the St. George Temple, and the San Diego Temple.
It was a fun weekend and I'm glad that his family is welcoming and let me come along. Thank you Reid Family!

School is now summer

Trail obstruction 

        All I can think about is backpacking. I blame Jeeps.  Jeeps are everything summer, and summer is everything fun. What do you do in the summer besides revel in the fact that you don't have to wear a coat for four months? You backpack. You backpack and you hike everywhere, and you become the best trail runner that there ever was.

Hiking faces...check

         I stumbled across Sams Club one week after I started dating, when I went with my boyfriend's family. Which is weird, right? Because my parents have had a club card for the past few years. Anyway this does relate to backpacking, because they sell things in bulk for cheap. Josh has a card and when he comes to visit we do all the shopping, and in my head I make note of the cheap backpacking foods. 1. Trail mix, get the cheap trail mixes, that are already sorted into a serving size. 2. Granola bars, you could probably buy a box of granola bars and it will last you an entire month. (If only they had the cliff bars, oh wait they do.) 3. Fruit snacks, they aren't terribly packed with anything nutritional, but they are a good snack...they should be, it's in the name. 4. Two pounds of cut up apples. I realized that I don't hate apples, I just hate having to cut up my own apples, so if that doesn't bother you by all means buy whole apples. 5. Chips, they sell all the little one  serving chip bags. I hope that gives you an idea of what you can get. Most people would probably say some of these are probably horrible backpacking options, to them I would say "nay." When I backpack, I typically don't eat, if I do, it's not a lot. One time I survived on granola bars. Unless I am with someone who stops and eats real meals regularly, I just hike, and when I'm hungry I reach back grab a granola bar and eat on the hike.  Anyways I love hiking, and can't wait to start summer.

Used to be good hiking food, in the same bucket as cookies

P.s. all things listed are gluten free, but some cliff bars do contain gluten.

Does contain gluten, but you can
take cookies hiking