prep work....

so we've been pretty busy with all the prep work for the trip. I'm actually feeling anxious as I am not anxious enough.... for this trip I pulled up my packing list from our cross country vacation spring '06 and made some modifications. Right now I am sitting in a hotel room so I had to be ready to go this morning. Dave and Chaos still have another 2 days at home. I know Dave's back is mostly packed and Chaos is all packed and the other items are sitting in the back of the Tacoma thanks to my OCD.
Good thing too as Dave didn't get home from work until after 10pm tonight- he leaves the house between 7:30-7:45am so that's one long day. Thankfully it was big Dave's day off so Chaos got dinner and some breaks at a decent time! He also had a puppy friend come over today and play (thanks Emmy!) and I may call for another to play tomorrow. I was feeling guilty about leaving him today so picked up some good road trip treats for him at Target this afternoon! I am so ready for vacation... it's been since last April (September didn't count as I had less then 1 week off between jobs to pack and move 2,600 miles! That's not a vacation!) Please forgive us if we're zombies when we return to Eastern Standard Time. We're going to need at least a day to recover from this last week!

a busy weekend....

whew. It's the end of a busy weekend in T. It was the 34th annual bluegrass festival . This brings over 12,000 people to a town that is less then 2,000. One of the nice parts about living in such a cool town is that people want to come and visit you! We had some old friends from Sugarloaf spend time on our couches and play with...
I'll do more on that another day... It was a busy and fun weekend and we're headed into a busier week as we go back to work and get ready to drive east on Friday. I actually did some packing this afternoon as it's going to be such a crazy week.

updates....

so here's a pic of the injury...it's been fun watching the different color blues my toes have changed. I'm still having issues walking but can drive the Tacoma which is a standard provided that I remember to use the ball of my foot. So this injury will not be affecting the trip... we leave in 19 days for the east coast.

skiing in june...

so the daves and their buddy cruisy got up early on Saturday and hiked for some turns in June. They headed over to Ophir pass in the truck and hiked to ski in yet another month.

quote for the day: "mmmm... corn.... is there anything it can't do?"

ode to the subaru...

last summer in Maine with a Moose

the end of an era is here. this weekend we said goodbye to the Subaru. It has gone on to another life with another couple and will be replacing a 1987 Subaru. It was time to part ways- the Subaru had been neglected for months and has only left telluride a handful of times. We don't need two cars here- Dave drives a company truck to work and Chaos and I ride the bus (we were walking home until the toe incident.)

So here's to road trips, pimping it out puppy style and cross country drives. We'll miss the Subaru and her heated leather seats, dual moon roofs and cruise control.

no more hiking for a bit...

A windstorm has ended my hikes for a while. The whole area was without power due to the windstorm that killed a generator. Everything I had to do at work was computer based so I grabbed some files and Chaos I headed home to work on the laptop until I killed the battery.

Chaos was pumped when we turned onto the Jurassic Trail to take the long way home. It's a great trail and it takes us past the bench where we walk Chaos behind our house. We were nearing the end of the trail when my sage green croc stumbled. I manged to catch my fall on my other foot but my toes had bent in a curled position and it was the worst stub I've ever had. I gimped home with Chaos thinking the pain would subside.

Chaos will be having a poopy time with my broken toe!

Back at home I propped it up on the couch and ignored my throbbing toe feeling like a wimp. A few hours later I finally realized that something was wrong and should head to the medical center while it was still open. They had closed early due to the power outage so I still had to hit the emergency clinic on the other side of the building. They had some power from generators and were able to take x-rays but couldn't print them due to the power issues. The doc checked the small images out the screen and didn't see any fractures. I was sent home with instructions to ice it and keep it elevated.

my crocs-pre broken toe- pacific ocean 2006
The doc just called and he's reviewed the full size x-rays since the return of the power and I did fracture my toe. It makes me feel validated to know it's broken. I feared I was being a wimp with a stubbed toe. Fractured toes do not require a cast or anything. I just have to buddy tape it to another toe and gimp around as much as possible. Chaos is pretty upset as this is going to kill our daily walks for a least a week while I rest it. Looks like his new pack came just in time to aid in his daily workouts as our outings will be severely reduced.

take a hike...

chaos got a new pack- he was pretty psyched and strutted his stuff on the trail behind the house. he seemed to gaze longingly over a mount wilson... ok maybe not but was happy to be outside in his new pack. we kept the wanderings in the backyard this weekend

sunday headed out on a rafting trip with my company. it was a class two and seemed like a trip down the lazy river after some of the whitewater we've seen back in maine. it was a good time and we ended the day grilling and enjoying sangrias while chaos played with jager and a samoyed named kiera.