Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Hike 13/52 RM Trail


Karen wanted to know if she could get up and hike two days in a row, so we did another bigger mile walk today, hitting the Richard Martin Trail, north end.

The kids joined us, as did Gina and Phoenix!  It was another gorgeous day.


After the hike, Karen had errands, Gina and I wet to Sugar Creek for a short while.  

Back home, Matt and Chan ran the trail, I walked it and detoured over to the 'problem area' which is where an adjoining landowner was tossing the dead chickens from his poultry houses.  After being confronted with the trespass-not to mention the total illegality of dumping dead livestock ANYWHERE, never mind over the neighbor's fence, as promised, he cleaned up the rotting animals, but the evidence was still aplenty.  I feel like I will have to monitor that from now on.  What an asshole!  Who does that to another person?  An asshole.






It was SO windy and cold at the north end where we stopped to eat that the kids got under the table.


Ten A C.  Well, Ten A Okay
They tried




Rough Earth Snake
Karen saw this snake and jumped 3 feet in the air.  It's smaller than a pencil.



At the end!
I felt great after this walk, not sore or stiff or anything other than my feet were starting to feel the rocks.  After a break at the park, I was ready to go some more!









At home:


There are about 100 square feet of the woods COVERED in chicken feathers.



Back over at the campsite, the new leaves are sparkling in the setting sun, so nice!

My goal about 2 weeks ago was to lose 25 pounds.  I am down 7 of that.  It won't all go that fast, that's mostly from chilling on the snacking. Still, I'll take a drop of any amount.  It's all good for the brain. I only weigh once a week and that helps, too.

Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Hike 12-52 Henry Horton

Gorgeous day for a hike!  Met up with Karen and Melissa and hit the Wilhoite Mill and River Trails and the Hickory Ridge Trail for a total of about 8 miles.  Maybe 9.

It was a perfect day and a pretty easy hike.  Our feet got tired, no one has great hiking shoes yet.  My boots are good but I didn't move my insoles over from my tennis shoes and I started feeling the rocks and roots before we stopped for lunch.  We hung our hammocks and had a great relaxing break and everyone finished feeling much better.


















Monday, March 21, 2016

Catwalk 2016



Rho is in the traveling dress, it's in every show this year.  Next, it's going to Paris!



It's also made from towels.



Playing around before the show


This years theme was the Amazon, the teams picked 4 themes-fur, feathers, fins and plants.





















And playing around after the show






Undoing the contraption



Next are shots from my other camera, which Blogger does not want me to put in order with the other file names, so I am just putting them here.



Chan and I went down Saturday to let them tackle that hair.



Sunday, after dropping the girls at Aveda, we headed out to hike, but it was COLD.  The wind was the worst of it.




Buck Creek Park over in Helena

Geocaching at Montevallo


The stairs to nowhere






Ebeneezer Swamp



Hop clover


thistle


plantain


clover

A few snaps before hair and makeup were done:





*clink* 4 years of Catwalk, in the books!



Waffle House After Party, wheeee!
Chan says 4 years, Phen says, peace!


Amanda's mom says; PHOTOBOMB

Good times, yo!