Had Lorena’s vacation to Mexico been one day later, she would have been stuck in Aberdeen and delayed for at least 3 days. Much of Washington suffered severe flooding, with Grays Harbor being one of the areas heavily impacted.
A guy I’ve been seeing and I got the cracked-out idea to run away to Mexico as my boss was away and had said that, “I don’t really care where you do your work, as long you get it done.” And he happened to have the same two weeks off! But then the rain came down and we were stuck, I mean truly stuck on the Olympic peninsula without a way to get out by car. ALL of the routes off the peninsula were closed due to flooding! So we waited it out and then when the roads opened, we decided Plan B was to go to the Grand Canyon. I’d never been there before, we wanted to get away, and it wasn’t quite as far as Mexico, plus we could stop by Salt Lake to see my family along the way.
So, there I was on a road trip, working from the car (luckily he had a converter box so I could plug in my labtop). While he drove, I worked. After enjoying the days of sun at one of the seven wonders of the world, we’d end up in the lodge bars using wireless to keep in touch with what I absolutely had to. Then sleeping in the back of his hatch-back car in the freezing cold campground… it was freakin’ awesome!
I took my first hike on my foot! I couldn’t resist being at the Grand Canyon and not going down into it. So with his hiking poles, we did a good portion of the South Kaibab trail…3000 ft into the Canyon and then back out. It was intense, especially given the fact that I have only been up to full weight-bearing for two months really… even though it was really sore by the time we got back to the top, it was well worth it and good to challenge my foot. Physical therapy is paying off! Yay!
More that 3000 miles later, Charles and I pulled back into my apartment in Aberdeen. Again, I had managed to work hard and play hard…just the way I like it!
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