Month: March 2014

Going Dark

selfie on the trial
My husband and me

Twitter, Facebook, work e-mail, personal e-mail, and voice mails are delivered to me daily via my iPhone, iPad, and MacBook Air. I could just disconnect the devices or turn them off and take a vacation without leaving the house. That would be a good idea, but an even better idea is to travel to a place where even if your devices are turned on, there is no reception. . . no wi-fi, no 3G, 4G or even analog. This has come to be known as “going dark.”

This weekend I headed to the Texas Hill Country and camped with a group of friends at Lost Maples SNA in Vanderpool, Texas. As soon as we reached spotty cell coverage, I turned off my phone and left it off until late Sunday night. *big sigh of relief* I could not have asked for a better weekend getaway. The weather, company, food, and activities were great. We trail ran, biked, and relaxed!

Good Food

Smores!
Smores!
Camp fire pizzas!
Camp fire pizzas!

Good Friends

Friend on the trail
Friend on the trail
Making the dough!
Making the dough!
You are here!
You are here!

Being outside

East Trail of Lost Maples SNA
East Trail of Lost Maples SNA
West Trail of Lost Maples SNA
West Trail of Lost Maples SNA
Morning bike ride
Morning bike ride

Dirt for the Soul

Dirt for the Soul

Schedules, to-do lists, meetings, and work are tasks that will always consume minutes and hours of your day. If you have the opportunity to step out of your daily routine, do not stop to think about whether or not it can be shoe-horned into your day. Instead, block out your calendar, grab that opportunity, tuck it into your bag and run with it!

Image - Us on the Greenbelt
We aren’t lost, we are with each other!

Weeks ago, the opportunity to trail run was presented by a good friend of mine—my “trail running partner in crime” and I quickly blocked out the time on my calendar.  We met late in the morning to run on the greenbelt and our goal was to essentially “screw around” and see if we could piece together two sections of trail. We were fairly certain it could not be done. We were also fairly certain it could be done!

Two and half hours of trail running, bushwhacking, and riding rock slides later we made the following discoveries:

 

  1. The two sections of trail we wanted to connect can only be connect by using roads (for now).
  2. There is a huge ravine we never knew about next to a trail we frequently run.
  3. Drop us anywhere on the greenbelt, and we will figure out our location.
  4. Playing on the trail with my “trail running partner in crime” more often than not can make me warm and fuzzy inside and out!