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Time to Refresh

I have kind of fell off the blogging wagon for lots of reasons.  A promotion at work was awesome, but it means I’m working more hours and blurring the work / home life line a bit. I’m actually installing Windows roles and features and then SQL on a laptop while writing this on my computer.  Nothing like multi-tasking work and real life!

I just signed up for project management classes to get a certification so I’ll be keeping pretty busy even outside work in a non-vacationy way for a while. But those are the things that keep life interesting, right?

But I’m not fooling anyone.  I still live in vacation land and I still fully take advantage of it as often as possible.  I went paddle boarding a couple of times in the last month (I saw what was AT LEAST a 4 foot carp! Or some other kind of fish, I don’t know.) and am planning to go again in a week, to explore underwater caves.  So I can’t even fool myself into thinking I’m much of a workaholic.

I have managed to completely ditch writing, exercise, cooking much that wasn’t frozen and all that sort of thing.  You know, the basics.  The funny thing is I miss them ALL and so I’m not sure why I need to make such a concentrated effort to get back into them.  But I do, so there you go.

So I’m joining a Blogging 101 class (always fun to go back to the basics!) which is an excuse to revamp and redefine what I want to write about.  I started writing here just to keep a running journal, then more and more about running, but I’ve really merged into other areas and it’s about time to admit it.  I like to write about healthy things I’m doing, from food to running, so whenever I’m writing more I’m also taking better care of myself. Weird really, how those things are linked in my life.

But anyways, here I go on a bit of a blogging adventure, wish me luck!

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There wasn't a lot of these colors on the artist p There wasn't a lot of these colors on the artist palette drive, but the drive was still really pretty.

#nationalpark #deathvalley
Nova and I visited the Devil's Golf Course today i Nova and I visited the Devil's Golf Course today in Death Valley.  If you're a people , you can walk out through the rocks as far as you'd like. If you're a dog you can go anywhere a car can go, so you can see stuff, but not walk on any trails or out into the field. Either way it's a cool place to visit down a VERY bumpy road. 

#nationalpark #alienlandscape #getaway
I did a quick drive through of Death Valley after I did a quick drive through of Death Valley after work Thursday because I decided I couldn't possibly be this close and wait for the weekend.

#nationalpark
Visited Ash Meadows in Nevada today. It's really Visited Ash Meadows in Nevada today.  It's really cool. It's a ways down a VERY dusty and bumpy road though.

 There were all kinds of animal prints in the salt and mineral buildup. I'm a bit of a nerd , so I had great fun trying to figure out what kind of animals had passed by.

My photo doesn't really show it , but that pool of water in the desert was as clear and blue as the springs in Florida.

If you come out to see Death Valley and you have the time definitely stop here, too! Nova approved.
I finally went to Slide Rock. Way too cold to slid I finally went to Slide Rock. Way too cold to slide , but it is a beautiful place.
Christmas cactus in the desert. Christmas cactus in the desert.
I've been within 20 minutes of Sedona for a couple I've been within 20 minutes of Sedona for a couple weeks and this was my first red rocks hike. I'm adding a month to my stay - I can't get too much Sedona hiking!!

#hikearizona #redrocks
Just another of the million things to see and do i Just another of the million things to see and do in central Arizona. There Is so much history here that you can still see. An 110 room, 1000 year old pueblo that you can walk around and even into one of the rooms. It's such a privilege and one more example of why it is so important that we keep these places as they are. 

 They even let you bring your leashed pups!

#ruins #nationalmonument #pueblo
My last couple pictures of the desert near Tuscon! My last couple pictures of the desert near Tuscon! The more I hike the area the prettier I think cholla is. When it's not attached to my dog.

#cholla #saguaro #desert
Happy Thanksgiving!! Happy Thanksgiving!!
Did an overnight side quest to see Organ Pipe Cact Did an overnight side quest to see Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. It's not on the way to or from anywhere and I have been wanting to see it for ages but it's 3 hours from Benson AZ. 

So worth the trip! There are several cactus species that only grow in this area. I got pictures of organ pipe cactus and senita. 

 It's a green desert which sounds odd until you see it. I don't think i've ever seen so many kinds of desert plants in one place in my life. And I was raised camping in the desert most weekends.

Also- The campground is amazing. There are no amenities but it more than makes up for it in views.
A beautiful trail through a grassy field, down a r A beautiful trail through a grassy field, down a riverbed and surrounded by rocky mountains. 

#hikearizona #dogfriendly
A random old graveyard on a hill in the dsert near A random old graveyard on a hill in the dsert near Tombstone.
All the turkeys!! All the turkeys!!
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Just another beautiful day in New Mexico. Just another beautiful day in New Mexico.
I ran onto some interesting characters today! #no I ran onto some interesting characters today!

#nokings #nokingstaos
Little town, big spirit. 2500 people showed up to Little town, big spirit.  2500 people showed up to say yes to democracy and no to a false king.

#nokings #nokingstaos
I saw tarantulas 4 & 5 today. It's wild because in I saw tarantulas 4 & 5 today. It's wild because in years of hiking I'd only ever seen 1 in Arizona. And so many bighorns! This time Nova lost it. Luckily it ran from us instead of at us!

#bighorn  #tarantula #desertvibes
Rainy hike today but Nova and I weren't about to s Rainy hike today but Nova and I weren't about to spend a whole Saturday inside. Three and a half miles to look over the edge of the gorge and head back before the rain REALLY kicked in. Saw another tarantula!

#rainydayhike #hikeNewMexico #tarantula #riograndegorge
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