A quick recap from yesterday. We hiked up Bear Mountain in Sedona, 2.6 miles and 1800 feet down. BEFORE we started today’s adventures, we took a vote. And, we unanimously agreed. It will be EASIER to hike DOWN the canyon and then back up rather than hiking up the mountain and then back down. With that in mind, we headed { read more… }

We tackled Bear Mountain today… 2.6 miles one way and 1800 feet up. The website for Sedona hiking trails indicates this is a “strenuous trail” which means “near vertical climbs in rock crevices. It also said it is “the trail were hikers have to be rescued” – hikers were rescued in 2008, and the rescue resulted in the death of { read more… }

Since I manage to put 45,000+ miles per year on my car each year, a long road trip is not necessarily my idea of a great vacation. However, those of you who know me well know that I’ll sacrifice at almost any cost to spend time with my boys. And, an 18-hour car ride to Sedona and the Grand Canyon { read more… }

I was bitten by the travel bug at a very young age. I had a vivid and overactive imagination that took me to all sorts of places and on the wildest adventures. Of course, I never actually went anywhere in person, but in my daydreams and through my love of books, I traveled the world. It was a great way { read more… }

It was late Friday evening, and Brad and I had gone to bed. Of course, like most nights, that means he had his MacBook Air in his lap and I had my iPad. About the time we got quiet, we both heard it. The unmistakable sound of tiny little feet running across the floor upstairs. In fact, it sound like { read more… }

There is a scene that plays out at my house several times a week. It’s a scene I have starred in repeatedly over the past almost 24 years. It goes something like this. Setting: Master Bedroom Closet Characters: Brad, Me Me: (alternating between staring pensively at the clothes hanging in the closet and thumbing randomly through the hangers; mumbling to { read more… }