It’s not every day that you can say you saw wild monkeys in Minnesota! While we kinda cheated (went to the zoo), Mere and I were able to make that claim during our last trip back home. Yes, I know the picture is of an orangutan but we did see monkeys too. Our whirlwind trip…
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Fighting the backyard… again…
So the day when I sit back and just water and mow is quickly approaching. A few big hurdles were cleared over the past two weekends. Last weekend I finally got rid of the old grass! I went to Home Depot to get a sod cutter but after a conversation with Rick in the rental…
A family day
Usually work stuff stays off the blotter but since it was a family event and all… The Squadron had a family day on Saturday complete with fast roping, rockets, guns, cotton candy, and a “jumpy” as they’re called out here. Mere snagged a few pictures of me flying during the event and Carolyn got to…
Backyard tackled… sort of
Fini! Well at least the wall is done. It started out as a one weekend project but that didn’t quite go as planned. Three separate weekends with three trips to Home Depot to rent a jack-hammer and it is finally done. Of course by “it” I mean the wall. There’s still the sod, the landscaping,…
The quest to tackle the yard
“Yikes! The yard!” Probably one of the first things that would run through your head if you walked into the backyard of the new place when we got it. Have no fear, a plan to upgrade is in the works. First step: out with the old. Easier said than done though… In an effort to…
New House!
So keeping in the spirit of new things… us Wiktors just bought a new house. Concurrent with our training for Mt Whitney, we also had been spending a great deal of time looking for a new place to call home. Our rental was nice but we were looking for something a little larger and something…
Taking it to new heights
So after much training (except for the last two weeks… which is due to something saved for another post) the Wiktors set off on a quest to climb Mt Whitney! If you want the cliff notes: we made it, the mountain is tall (at 14,505 feet it’s the tallest mountain in the 48 contiguous states…
High Point
Oak Grove to High Point. Can’t claim any false advertisement on this hike. Started in the hamlet of Oak Grove (didn’t see any of the grumpy people) and then climbed 3,378 feet to “the high point.” At said point there was a little lookout tower and a great, big view of the Cleveland National Forest…
Fish Creek in the desert
Fish Creek in the desert – we were there! Well… actually we were at Fish Creek Wash but who’s keeping score anyway? The Wiktors and a two other couples decided to do a little desert camping over the weekend. Saturday we headed up to the Anza Borrego desert with a tent and a dozen bottles…
More weekend adventures
It’s another weekend, so that means the Wiktors are out and about. Never a dull moment or a minute wasted right? After a long week, we ventured out for a hike. We were looking for something with a little more altitude than usual so we picked Cuyamaca Peak. The base of the trail starts around…