Social Distance Resistance!

Dale and I decided to spend a few days at Port A for a change of scenery, plus pick up some shrimp for the freezer!






Always love a sunrise walk on the beach!

Dinner and drinks at Finn’s on the marina

Gulf Fish Vera Cruz

Grilled Gulf fish of the day, caramelized onions, peppers, sliced avocado and jalapeño chimichurri sauce. Served with rice and seasonal vegetables.

Mojito makes it all better!

                      Beach time...getting my salt water fix!















             

Lined up, waiting for the  shrimp boat

                             

Dale chill axing at the beach!

                                       Hush puppies, slaw, and  Fried Shrimp....Yummy!

                                                 

Covid 19 Strikes!

Dale and I were both diagnosed with Covid 19 on July 4, 2020!  A great way to celebrate the 4th of July!  We never had fever, or any breathing issues......But felt like poop!  Lost our sense of taste and smell...so food was yucky and we basically drank fluids to keep hydrated!  After about ten days we were cleared by the Health Department and our PCP as we had no symptoms!  But......Covid proved to be a great weight loss program, as we both dropped weight!
Guess we were lucky!  Now to get on with our lives!

Beach Time in Port A!

 Hollie, Lexi, and I decided to spend sometime in Port Aransas at the beach! We ate some seafood and relaxed on the beach!

Mother’s Day During Covid 19

We celebrated Mother’s Day on Monday instead of Sunday to avoid the crowds and keep
Mom safe.  We headed to Rockport for a seafood lunch at Paradise Key. Mom loves their crab cakes, and so do I.

Then we took the ferry and went to Port Aransas to look around.  Dale treated us to gelato at Coffee Waves before we headed home.

We surprised Mom with a Mother’s Day sign in her front yard...very fitting for these crazy times! Dale and I drove into town after dark to put the sign in her yard...felt like criminals sneaking around in the dark.

Corona Crisis

A pandemic called the Corona Virus ended my planned trip to Guanaja, Honduras to dive at Villa on Dunbar Rock with dive friends!

Celebrating Our Anniversary!

To celebrate our 12th wedding anniversary we booked a place in Big Bend, actually a cabin in Terlingua built using two shipping containers...Fossil Knob Ridge!

Arriving we were surprised to find a very cute cottage, with great views of the Chisos Mountains.

For our anniversary we booked a tour with Far Flung Adventures called the Camino Del Rio Tour.  We left with our guide, Chris for a full day of off roading on the back dirt roads of Big Bend.  We had a great time and learned lots about the history of Big Bend.
On our tour my sweet husband found a heart shaped rock and gave it to me for our anniversary...the guide said since it was a special day we could take the rock!

The next day we headed out to spend the day in Big Bend.  First on our list was a hike on the Lower Burro Mesa...a easy trail with a pour off at the end.

The Next we headed to Santa Elena Canyon for a hike on the trail, which was beautiful!  Lunch was a picnic at the Cottonwood Campground with a stop at the new Castalon Store for a ice cream.

A drive up into the Basin and a hike on the Basin Loop Trail, with some photo stops of The Window ended our park adventure.

Our last day we headed down River Road and a hike at Closed Canyon Trail...a narrow slot canyon.  River Road had lots of Big Bend Bluebonnets in bloom along the roadside, so I was taking lots of photos.

Next stop was the Hoodoos and a short hike to get a look up close.  River Road between Terlingua and Presidio is a spectacular drive with breathtaking scenery.

Pulling back into Terlingua we decided to enjoy dinner at the Starlight Theater and Restaurant.  We ended our day with a fire in our fire pit under a beautiful star lit sky!

Up early, we loaded up for the trip home!  Big Bend was awesome and we had a great time!

Red Rocks of Sedona

 

Off to Sedona for a quick trip to burn some airline credit.  We flew into Phoenix and picked up our rent car for a drive to Sedona and our B&B the Cozy Cactus.  We checked in early and unloaded our stuff before heading out for lunch at Hudson’s.

Our B&B was fantastic and we had a great view of the Red Rocks, with trails out the back door! The back porch had two fire pits and we took advantage of them at sunset.  The scenery was breathtaking and we enjoyed some easy hikes.







Breakfast was wonderful and we enjoyed meeting guest from all over the US.  The Chapel of the Holy Cross was a striking architectural structure surrounded by Red Rocks.  Of course no trip would be complete without a stop at the airport which sits on top of a mesa!  The nights were pretty chilly, but the days were pleasant, with not a cloud in the sky...perfect weather!

The highlight of our trip was our Pink Jeep Tour, our tour was the last one of the day called Broken Arrow!  It was a riot!  Our guide, Mike was fantastic....skilled at driving and full of information!  He also was a great photographer...getting us some great shots!

Our last day we hiked The Bell Rock trail, went to the Crescent Moon Ranch, stopped at the Red Rock State Park, and enjoyed a late lunch at Mariposa. Back at our B&B we enjoyed sunset sitting around the fire ring.

           

 Our trip came to a end with a easy drive back into Phoenix and our flight home!