Month: May 2021

“Over the past 40 years, every time I’ve driven past this mountain, I’ve wondered what it would be like to stand on the top,” said my dad’s voice on the other side of the phone. Turns out we both had free time two days hence, so let’s go climb a mountain!

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A gnarly dirt road (plus half of one that was too gnarly), 1.3 hiking miles, 1800 vertical feet, and a few juniper branches that didn’t want to let us pass later — we were on top!

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It was a hard-fought summit that we didn’t know would even be possible until we got almost to the top. The crux was hidden from view from below. But once we got there, it was just one step in front of the other until there was no farther to go! And then we could see the whole range (plus our campsite way down there next to the dirt road).

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Because we were so awesome, we treated ourselves to a night and a hike on the slickrock too.

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Not everyone’s idea of a perfect vacation, but it felt just right to us!

We traveled! We traveled! We went somewhere! And we went big; we went to Mexico!

We flew to Puerto Vallarta and then traveled a few miles up the coast to Sayulita, a sweet little ocean-side village just seemingly made for us to chillax for a week.

We spent our days doing four activities: swimming,

beaching,

walking,

and eating.

It was a wonderful series of days (despite the sunburns) full of tacos and margaritas and salt water and lovely friendly people.

Near the end of our trip, we travelled back to the Puerto Vallarta for our mandated COVID tests (the girls’ and my first!). After a half hour, we were cleared to travel back to the US in a couple days.

Our last two nights, we stayed in a beachside resort where we swam, Bill treated us ladies to pedicures, and we watched the sun set into the ocean.

Thank you, Mexico, for our reintroduction to a little bit of what we love!