Friday, June 13, 2008

d.c.

it's been awhile since bryan & i have taken a vacation together- we go home
to ky. quite a bit, but i don't consider those vacations necessarily. we're always
so rushed & have a list a mile long of people we want to see. so. last wed we
flew to washington d.c to visit with our good friends theresa & jeff! they are
leaving in september for a year around the world. if you'd like to follow their
journey they've started a blog which is very interesting with details from where
& why to how much. we're hoping to visit them at some point while they're gone,
in which continent we've yet to decide.

it was way too short of a trip, but i'm glad we went. wednesday night we had
some pizza with t&j & bryan's cousin, shawn. later we went out for some drinks
& shawn's wife anya met up with us. the next morning we woke up bright & late;)
& theresa made us some waffles! then we headed out for our hike. theresa is a writer,
an amazing one at that & she just signed a contract to write a guidebook of hikes in
the d.c. area. we told her we wanted to do one of the tough ones with her & boy did
she give us just that. this hike will be labeled as butt-kicker, so far the only one.
old rag. that's it's name. doesn't sound scary, but it was intense. on several occasions
bryan would go first & we'd make him come back & push us (by this i mean me) up.
did i mention the humidity? it's been awhile since i've hiked with this partner & it
kicked my booty. lord have mercy it was hot.

anyways, here are some pics from our 9 mile adventure.
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lots of skinny little passages.
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aw. aren't we cute?
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bryan was quite the dare devil. he even picked up a lil snake. but as you can see this
worm/ centipede type thing decided to dootie on him. haha.
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to the top with a little help.
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skinks getting their sun bathin on.
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rock art.
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king of the hill.
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barn.
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we went to some great thai place with a lil jazz band playing. the meal highlight was
the sticky rice & mango. yum.
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cute lil group shot.
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thanks theresa & jeff for having us for a few days! we hope you have an amazing few months
left in d.c. & then the adventure of your lifetime :)

4 comments:

  1. That's not a hike--that's a CLIMB!!

    T, your hair is ROCKIN' these days!

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  2. Thanks for being such good sports guys! It was definitely a buttkicker, and I'm even used to the humidity. It was so great to have you two visit. Hopefully we'll get to see you again before we leave...maybe in Louisville at some point this summer.

    Thanks for the compliment, Angela!

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  4. Gorgeous pics! I'm tired just thinking about that hike! I especially love the shot of Theresa laughing! Too cute! :-)

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