There's No Place Like Home!!!

Well, the wandering girls are back home. We had a great trip!!! I love Colorado. It's beautiful and the weather was perfect. Even on the cold day it was perfect. I'll always be glad I had the chance to take a trip like this for my 40th birthday with 4 wonderful friends.

Speaking of my 4 wonderful friends, they took me on a hike up the mountain on Friday. OH MY LANDS!!! I thought I was goin to die! And that was just when we were in the Jeep trying to get to the trail head! I think that was the roughest ride I've ever been on. So then the hike began. I was just about ready to throw in the towel, or my vest, or something when Sage and Tera were telling me I could make it for the hundredth time. I went a few more feet and heard Sarah holler telling us she and Anna had made it. It wasn't much farther. Let's just say that every ounce of me was in pain. I think my hair was out of breath! When I made it up to the destination spot I flopped down on a rock and rested for a little bit. When I thought I might live I started looking around. What a sight! How could anyone not believe in God after seeing his beautiful world?

We ate a sandwich(thank you Sarah) and wrote in the guest book at the old cabin. I then called sister #2 and told her we'd made it. Mostly I wanted to talk to someone who was at a normal elevation and not the 11,000 feet where I was sitting trying to get some feeling back in my legs.

I'm so glad they made me go. I'm so glad I was able to have that amazing experience. I'm not sure I'll ever try that again!!!!!!! You know when a mother has just given birth and the pain is horrible? By the time she holds the baby she forgets all the agony she'd just gone through. Well, I don't know that I'll be able to forget how my legs felt like they were gonna just blow off my body. I don't know that I'll be able to forget the way my left calf kept trying to lock up when we got home. I don't think I'll be able to forget the ride up the goat trail in the Jeep. Not that I'm trying to compare our hike up the mountain to childbirth! How stupid would that be?

Let's just say I love Oklahoma! I love our sunrises and our sunsets. I love my dog! I love living out in the sticks where we can't get high speed internet service. I love the muddy road to my house. I love knowing which way is North!

I'll say it again, there's no place like home! Right Dorothy????