fhe find

tonight after fhe we went on a nice long walk and found ourselves a little friend! we played with thumper-wumper for a while and then set him free back into the wild!

camping

this weekend i managed to steal away for a quick 2 night camping trip with some friends, and it was just what i needed! i realized that this is the closest thing to a vacation i have had in over a year! it was a blast though, we spent all day on saturday hiking, swimming, hot springing, four wheeling, s'more roasting...it truly was lovely. i'm hoping to sneak in another hiking trip before it gets too cold-- stanley again this year mom?

gold fork

on saturday i went with D and the entire family to gold fork hot springs. it was a very long drive but the hot springs were amazing. there are several pools, i think a total of six, and they feed into each other from hottest to coolest. plus all of the pools have different minerals in them that make your skin feel oh-so-soft. plus the hot springs are in beautiful donnely and the pools are surrounded by tiki torches and there is even a giant chess set the guys had a lot of fun with.

post pinetop

i ended up having a really fun time at pinetop, although i didn't end up talking that many pictures. i did manage to snag one of the group i went up with, well, most of us. it's kind of funny because even though there were countless things to do there (swimming and hiking and volleyball...) i ended up just talking the whole time. i ran into friends i hadn't seen in a long time and also met some new friends.
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happy monday,
kira

pinetop

today after work i will be headed here for a ysa activity. with my crazy work schedule i have kind of been out of the social circle for a while so it will be fun to actually be able to go to an activity. i promise i'll take lots of pictures.
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enjoy your weekend,
k

rooster tail

on thursday i drove with my parents to see the "rooster tail" at lucky peak dam. the rooster tail is an outlet of excess water at the dam. due to several years of drought, this is the first time in three years there has been a water display such as this one. if you are interested in going, there are still some "show times" this weekend, but tomorrow is the last day. for more information click here.

enjoy your weekend,
kira

shorts + snow

my weekend, instead of the traditional saturday-sunday day off combination, consists of a sunday and monday off. it is kind of a bummer sometimes not being able to join in on saturday afternoon activities with all those who do have saturdays off, but at the same time it is refreshing to have monday off when the rest of the world is hard at work on their manic mondays.
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this last monday the plan was to drive to the mountains with my mom and my roommate vanessa to hike around and enjoy a warm day in nature. well, we drove to the mountains and it was a warm day, but when we arrived at our destination we were unable to hike around because although it was 80+ degrees , there were still piles and piles of snow on the ground. it really was an odd feeling to be wearing shorts and soaking up the sun while walking around on crunchy snow.