Dustin and I have opposite schedules a lot of the time, so with my four day weekend and his shorter shifts, we took advantage and went out and did stuff. Now it's starting to feel like summer!
Last weekend our wonderful friends Shane and Shelly came into town to hang out. We decided to play Dungeons & Dragons, which Shelly and I had never played before and it was Shane's first time being a Dungeon Master. Dustin, being Dustin, has played D&D for quite some time. We spent a good part of the game heckling the Dungeon Master, but when we got serious about it things got really fun. I don't even care if you make fun of me. It was great. Dustin and I both have D&D withdrawals now.
Monday my boss and coworkers wanted to go on a hike up Crimson Trail. I have been dying to hike there but for some reason have never been able to find the trail head. Dustin and I stocked up on apples, granola bars, and plenty of water, and we all headed up to the trail.
We started hiking. It was 100 degrees. ONE HUNDRED DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. I've been on much more physically challenging trails, but this hike took the most mental power of them all. I thought I was going to puke almost the whole way up, and I could only go about 20 feet at a time without stopping. I'm not
that out of shape, but the heat made me want to just fling myself off the trail and roll down the mountain toward the river. To make it even worse, it was
humid. However, with everyone encouraging everyone else, we made it. Dustin had long since gotten ahead of the rest of us, so he doesn't count in the encouraging group (hehe... oh). Once we got to the top, it was a beautiful and fun hike. I'm definitely going again, just
never in the heat.
Thursday neither of us had to work in the morning so we went to Herm's for breakfast. If you forgot, Herm's is where we had our wedding dinner, so it was neat to go back (we hadn't been since our wedding). Then we just lounged about and relaxed, which was nice for a change.
Friday we went to the little zoo in Logan. The first time I went there I was super impressed (because I thought it was going to be much smaller), so I wanted to return with Dustin. Both of us really like owls, so we oogled at the Great Horned Owl for a while. Although Dustin kept shooting the peacocks side glares while saying, "I hate peacocks..." haha.
And of course on the Fourth of July Dustin had to work. But in the evening we went up to Lewiston and laid out near the rodeo grounds reading our books while waiting for fireworks. There was a bunch of people there, but surprisingly it wasn't too hard to manage getting in and out.
Now it feels like summer! I've got a couple more hikes planned, and I'm super hoping to go to a baseball game and swimming at one point, because those will just complete everything.
