Tulips

Look at my beautiful tulips! They are in my yard but no, i did not plant them. If I had, they probably wouldn't look so good! Thank you whoever lived here before me :)

Bishop - Spring Break

BEAUTIFUL Valley

Awesome rock formations!!

Some mean plants!

Water pipeline to L.A.

Adam's amazing truck leveling job!

Adam and I went to Bishop, CA for a few wonderful days of climbing and relaxing over my spring break. Hope you enjoy the pictures!

Our Backyard

Photos by Adam - editing by me -- Adam and I have been going on lots of walks lately because the weather has been so beautiful. These are from one of our recent strolls out behind our house.

Snow!

Hiking with the Neighbors

Beautiful Sandstone Quarry

The Joshua tree in my backyard

Huge flakes!

Last Thursday we got about 1.5 in of snow at my house (which was gone by Friday morning) and much much more in the mountains. As you can see, winter in the desert is beautiful! Saturday I took a trip out to Red Rock with some neighbors and went for a hike - i miss playing in the snow sometimes! I think the difference is that here it is snowy and SUNNY instead of gray.

Spain!

Flowers outside the Castle of Alcazaba

Part of the Alcazaba or Fortress that used to protect the city

View of Malaga's port and a cool government building from the Alcazaba

I just returned from a trip to Spain with Adam for my holiday break. We met up with Ian and his girlfriend Eleftheria part way through the trip which was a great bonus. Adam and I spent the first week doing the tourist thing where we checked out the cities of Malaga and Granada, both of which are in Southern Spain. These areas are part of what is called the "Costa del Sol" which is very ironic because it rained 99% of the time we were there. The trip was quite an adventure, mostly because travel in Spain is quite difficult over the holidays because most public transportation is limited or nonexistant not only on christmas and new years, but also for a day before and after the holiday. I'll post more pictures soon.

Ghost Town

This past Saturday Adam and I drove out to Nelson, NV where there is an old ghost town/mining camp. It was pretty cool, but the couple that owns the town has done a bit of restoration which made it feel a little bit fake. Supposidly in it's hey-day the town was notorious for it's frequent murders great mining claims. In recent history a few movies have been shot there like 3000 Miles to Graceland with Kevin Costner (never saw it) and a few others that I can't remember right now.

Devlin and Ana's Wedding

Adam, Sam and Devlin

Devlin gettin' a good talkin' to by Ana's Grandpa

Climber Wedding - rope tying ceremony

Crested Butte - not to shabby a place to have your wedding!!

Shanti, Ana's daughter with pool cue chalk on her nose. She's the cutest little girl!

"Just Knotted"

This past weekend Adam and I took a trip out to Crested Butte, CO to witness the beautiful wedding between our friends Devlin and Ana. Devlin and Ana actually met last year when Adam and Devlin were on a climbing trip to Mexico. It was a very cool mixing of cultures as Ana is Mexican and some of her family came up for the wedding.