Livin' Carefree: June 2014

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

North Rim of the Grand Canyon and Bryce Canyon National Park Trip

Our bi-annual trip houseboat trip to Lake Powell came to an end. Wayne and Sophi headed back to Oregon, the Hamptons and the Masons headed back to Nebraska, Liz, Jimmy and Mike returned to Phoenix and Larry and I headed for the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. We had a cabin there for three nights and then a cabin at Bryce Canyon National Park for two nights - I'm very lucky!

Loved being greeted by the buffalo upon arrival at the North Rim.

We had a great cabin right on the rim.

A beautiful sunrise.

We then headed for a two night stay at Bryce Canyon National Park.

We attempted one of the hikes into the canyon...very pretty.

This was our cabin at Bryce.

The sun setting on the canyon.

The next morning, Larry woke early and headed out on an 8 mile hike into the canyon.

The following day we drove Hwy 12 via Escalante to Boulder, UT.

And then it was time to head back to Carefree. The below picture is of the Vermillion Cliffs...I love this view.

On the health front, I'm doing well. I feel great which tells me the drug continues to work. I have a scan this week which I'm sure will demonstrate that the drug continues to work!

Larry's job is going well, I'm glad he likes his work.

Next trip will be to drive to Yellowstone and then head east to Chadron, NE, to participate in my 40th high school class reunion.

Cher and Lake Powell

The end of May, Larry headed to Peru on business and I flew to Omaha where niece Karyl collected me and we headed for Lincoln to meet up with sister-in-law Linda and the three other nieces Elizabeth, Crystal and Tabitha. Linda made this all happen in late 2013 by requesting that we all attend the Cher concert with her and she then proceeded to purchase the tickets. Now, a Cher concert isn't a concert I EVER envisioned myself attending but I did know I'd have a good time with Linda and the nieces -- and we did!

(l-r: Karyl, Tabitha, Linda, Elizabeth and Crystal) What wonderful women! I'm a lucky sister-in-law and aunt!

We both returned to Carefree and look what we found sleeping on our back porch! We watched him/her for a bit and then tapped on the window. He/she stood up, stretched and then headed on his/her way.

The weekend after, we met up in Page, AZ, with nieces Crystal and Karyl and their families as well as brother-in-law Wayne and his daughter Sophi from Portland and sister-in-law Liz and nephew Jimmy from Phoenix and friend Mike for our bi-annual houseboat trip on Lake Powell. We were blessed with great weather and a very experienced houseboat crew. Several in the group have now been doing the houseboat trip with us for eight years!