Yesterday i spent my morning stacking bails... 60lb hay bails are not to much fun to toss around, but not to worry there was only like 250 bails to stack lol... although my body is sore, it really was a great workout; i mean the horses have to eat right?! after that i went to pilates, did a core workout, pool aerobics, then a circuit class... whew hopefully i'll soon s
ee some results! i mean i have lost weight but i don't see it... lol perhaps i'm just looking with biased eyes :)Today we had another hike in a state park, Lost Maples. It was really weird seeing maple trees in Texas... they look so thirsty here... they do get tallish but the trunks don't get very thick. Lost Maples was absolutely positively the most beautiful place! the hike was pretty rough... 2000 ft climb again straight up (i don't know what it is with Texas trails, haven't they heard of a trail that gradually climbs up? no no they all seem to be a straight up climb!) and down was even more steep on loose rocks, little scary, but all the hiking and up and down craziness was soooooo worth it this place was just sooooo beautiful...
the first pic is the summit on the first side... the second pic is of my climb down- the top of the hill to the far right was where we walked along the top, then down around the back to the front part there where you see a white line, thats where we came around and down to the bottom... at the bottom we took a break and went for a swim. There was a pondy area with water which is soooo rare cuz of the draught ... it was sooooo hot and we were soooo tired... we took off our shirts and jumped in!!!! it was beautiful and sooo refreshing. If you stood still the small perch and bass would come up and nip at your toes and knees ...lol. the last pic is a closer look at the swimming spot... after the swimming we had a 1.5 mile hike back to the Cortez limo. In total it was approx 7 miles... 1.5 of which was straight up and 1 mile straight down....
the video is at the summit on the far side... the two people in the video are Zhanna (my fitness instructor who is from Russia she's really cool!) and Brittany a spunky girl that cracks me up... they both thought i was taking a picture hence the pose lol ...
Texas is really really growing on me... i'm feeling so much stronger and find that i'm able to do more and more... i do however miss you all!! Kimmy i wish you well this week at your wedding i'll be thinking of you and Steve... Happy Anniversary to Mommers and Pop ... and Congratulations to Chances for making his first kill!
Hey Desi!
ReplyDeleteLooks like you're getting to see some pretty amazing sights! Can't believe you've been gone almost a month. Got together with some of the spinning girls last week for a SnB and we were all thinkin of ya! What can I say...you rock gurlie! Can't wait for the next installment.