BIG BEND!

Here are some pictures from our trip to Big Bend National Park, TX. They are backwards, so enjoy our trip in reverse :)

Here we are at the top of Lost Mine trail, which is the top of a mountain!

My feet at the top of the mountain!

A pretty view along the way to the top.

Standing in the Rio Grande! That's pretty much Mexico ;)

You can see Mexico, just on the other side of the river. Exciting, I know!

My favorite plant in the desert...too bad I don't remember the name. Ooops!

I also really enjoyed the signs around the park.

I think there's a storm coming....

Yep, it's coming.....

The storm is here!!!

And the storm is over...about 45 minutes later. No big deal ;)

On the right you will see what Chris brought to sleep on. On the left if what I brought to sleep on. Guess that's the difference between Houston and Monument :)

Here is our very nice campsight. The tent was so tall Chris could stand up in it! He's 6'5".

We saw a few of these lovely creatures - this one we found on the trail, the other one we saw at our campsight...yikes!

This was a hidden lizzard that we spotted on the Lost Mine hike (best hike of the trip!)

And I'll leave you with the standard national park picture :)

colorado!

These pictures are a little out of order, but they still tell the story.

My Texas friend Jen just happened to be in Colorado at the same time I was, so my mom, Jen, and I took Madi (Jen's niece) hiking for her first time!

She was a good sport! She didn't sleep very long, but she did manage to fall asleep during the bumpy hike.

Jen loves her a lot. I love this picture!

Just a bit of the fall color in COLORado.

We took turns carrying around Madi...she was pretty cute but kind of lopsided and wobbly.

There's Mom and Madi.

She loved hiking!

I love her hat.

Almost there!

Another beautiful day in Colorado.

Mom and I went to visit Rachel and Ryan in Rifle.

Then I hung out with Jo, Hanna, and Hannah in the mountains :)

Flowers from the husbands. Yes, they always dress the same. They say it's on accident.

Pikes Peak from the airplane....pretty cool!

And that's my trip to Colorado in a few pictures. Come back soon for more pictures from Big Bend.

vacation preview!

here's our trip in one picture...

1. it was windy

2. we were outside a lot

3. i made chris take ridiculous self-shots with my point and shoot (my arm just isn't long enough or strong enough to use my real camera like that...haha)

4. we smiled a lot

more to come!