Our first Island morning

The first island morning was gentle to us with no electricity, tired dogs, pacific time change, zero traffic and no where to be we slept in. Our morning greeted us with 65 degrees and fresh berries growing out our front door. With this beauty all there was to do was make coffee and plan a slow uncalculated attack on the island town.

With a late start all there was to do was drive into town, toss the dogs in the ocean, get ice cream and find a restaurant for dinner. We could not bring ourselves to walk into the island welcome center so we found a bike shop to plan our bike ride on day two.

There is very little MBT'ing on the island this time of year. The trails are closed to bikers since there are so many hikers, remember this is the time for North-westerners to play outside without rain. So does that mean the bikers get the trails when it rains? I'm surprised that Orcas gets over 200 days of sun a year.

I'm so thankful to all the people who have contributed to our trip! I keep reminding myself that we are on our honeymoon!!!! Wow, we got married....

Marriage begins

We are coming out of week one of marriage and driving full force into week two. Thank you to everyone for an amazing wedding! Everyone worked their tails off! The event was community sourced and community generating. Thank you thank you.

Our past week has been full of adventure, joy and honor. Everyone we have met has been so congratulating about our marriage and honeymoon adventures. Ok, we might have turned a few lips askew at a Salida Private RV Park when we pulled in with our loaded truck with a just married sign on the grill.

We proudly pulled our bodies dirtied from two days of rock climbing out of our truck and looked around. We were greeted by loud point of view bumper stickers that clearly we did not align ourselves. Other than that experience, which did make us laugh we have only heard great words.

I'll write more about where we are headed soon. I found an application that looks like it will make my updates super smooth!

Pinch Me

Wow, school is out! No time to gather myself. We are less than 60 days away from our wedding. That means everything that I've pushed off because I was in school has to happen yesterday.

My mind is spinning so fast, hard to slow down enough to let the thoughts drop to form sentences. I can't believe what has transpired since August. I'm half way through my two year plan to get a nursing degree.

I've spent way too much time away from my honey and my community. In August I moved down to Del Norte to attend school in Alamosa. In March we brought the dogs and the cats down to live with me so we could consolidate and save some money by renting out our home. Lydia has been a champ living alone in Denver, working and being without us. Her community has been amazing. I don't know if we could have taken this adventure on without our community.

Lydia and I are over it, to say it lightly, about our times away from each other. The past two years have been a whirlwind with my work schedule, school and then moving away from Denver. Enough talk about all that!

We are so excited to share our adventures with you all and look forward to our summer. Get this, we are traveling the whole summer together! Just us, the dogs, bikes, raft, climbing gear and the open road! So by the end of the summer, after spending 24 7 together, we might be ready for my last two semesters of seeing each other part time (doubt it). Know that when I say "just us" that also includes the us that is our community. Come on out and play with us!

It all starts June 1st when I run up to Denver and steal Lydia away from work. Until then I guess I'll plan the wedding details. I'm sure I'll find things to keep me over busy now that I'm out of school. Right now I'm getting in some mom and sis time in lovely Santa Fe. Soon I'm off to Denver to see Bono! Yippie can't wait (Oups was that out loud?). Oh and of course my honey.

We will do our best to keep you all, our beloved community, informed about our adventures. I'm sure there will be opportunities to meet up and play together. I'll get something out on the blog and share what we have planned for our summer honeymoon travels. I like the way that sounds.

Hope to see you all soon!

``Madge``