Day 38

I had such a hard time getting up this morning because I feel asleep so late and just wanted one more hour of sleep nonetheless I did get up and in the shower. We went downstairs for breakfast and had homemade french toast, scrambled eggs, and ham. We then got on the road and started […]

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Day 37: Wheeler and Walter Peaks

We’re sitting in a quaint corntyard, waiting for our name to be called for a table at Rancho de Chimayo. The history of this dining experience seems vast and the James Beard award is a bit intimidating. Especially considering I’m wearing flip flops, have no makeup or bra on, and just threw my hair in […]

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Day 37

I’m sure you have heard the song once I was seven years old, well fun fact when I was seven I climbed my first mountain. It was twin sisters peak and on it you are able to summit two mountains in one day. Unfortunately due to circumstances we only summited one and untill today we […]

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Let Her Cry

“And just let her cry if the tears fall down like rain Let her sing if it eases all her pain” Hootie & The Blowfish I’m not one who typically shares their emotions on a public forum, but I feel like I wouldn’t be doing the day or the blog justice without mentioning that we […]

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Hiking Wheeler and Walter Peak

This morning as the 5:30 alarm rang I literally had icicles growing from my eyelashes because of how cold it was. Our sleeping bags are supposed to keep us warm up to 19 degrees Fahrenheit but I think they meant Celsius or the inventory has zero concept of temperature. It was FREEZING. We got to […]

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Mountain Brews

“As we get to the top of the mountain there’s a view Take a load off and crack a few mountain brews” Mountain Brews To pick up from where I left off with yesterday’s post, we did indeed wake up at 5:30 this morning. We had breakfast and semi packed up, since we had decided […]

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Day 36: Taos and Williams Lake

If you showed me a picture of the mountains surrounding us, the alpine lake we’re camping just above, the towering pines, and the mule deer who just stopped by our campsite for its dinner, I would never have predicted it was set in New Mexico. The morning started lazy, something I’m getting used to. We […]

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Day 36

Today started very relaxing we slept in and had no rush to get out of the hotel room because we backpacked today and we we had two miles with 1000 feet of elevation. We wanted to start at about 5 so we had a day to kill. The restaurant that everyone talks about on Abiquie […]

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Ghost Ranch and Abiquiu

This morning started bright and early. We drove 3 hours to ghost Ranch where we were greeted and told to put name tags. We got the rundown of the ranch. We went to the desk and asked about hikes. We were presented with 2 options one with shade and the other without. We took the […]

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