July 25, 2007

why i love summer

1. it's warm and so i am not cold

2. best friends from school come out for visits

3. backpacking trips are amazing, i went backpacking this weekend
with girlfriends from grad school this past weekend. we went outside of
aspen and it was perfectly beautiful. gorgeous weather, the
wildflowers were perfect. the pictures in this post are from then.

4. happy music is very appropriate for summer and it puts me in a
good mood

5. free riverfront concert series at the state park. saw dirty
dozen brass band playing last week...outdoors with teh red sandstone
cliffs and the colorado river in teh background.

6. speaking of rivers...it's warm enough for rat trips and this
afternoon i head off on a 5 day rafting trip on the San Juan river
in far southeastern utah. 5 days of no showers, too much heat, camping,
no cars/technology, good company and hopefully lots of swimming. i
packed two t-shirts and 1 skirt and 1 pair of shorts and two
bikinis..i hope that's sufficient. i will be dirty and stinky and
am kind of looking forward to it.

7. cherries, apricots, plums and peaches. all fresh, all local.

8. the days are long.

9. two of my favorite baby girls were born...happy birthday sonya
and penny!

10. the possibilities are endless in summer.



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