Almost Gypsy Soul

No, I'm not engaged and I'm not having a tiny human. Military Friend is adventurous, always up for something fun and this one might just take the cake. This is how it all went down..... Military Friend: We need to do something really fun for a bucket list item! Me: like ride a hot air balloon? Military Friend: I've already done that I was thinking more along the lines of hiking a really big mountain Me: (remembering the time she talked me into running a half marathon...as in 13.1 miles) How big of mountain are we talking about here and where? Military Friend: How about Peru? Me: I'd better research this......(later) so like Ancient Inca Trail to Machu Picchu big mountain? Military Friend: Yep! Me: I'm in! And so we started planning and its officially booked. We are headed south in May of 2016 to hike the ancient Inca Trail to Machu Picchu to be followed up by a hiking/snorkeling cruise in the Galapagos Islands. I may will not be going on vacat

via Yahoo Images #neverforget #USA and congratulations to Football Fan and The Boy From Texas on their bouncing baby boy, The Baby From Texas, who arrived last night!

When we planned our girls wine weekend , it only seemed right that we have matching shirts. So I designed some....that were a hit and even got me orders that had to be sent back down to Palisade. Like any good t-shirt there was a map of our route on the back and a fun reminder of what we hoped to accomplish on our trip. Check 'em out! Last  year at our Golf Bonanza...which has now been re-named. I decided that we really did need shirts commemorating the annual event. I wanted to put the golf course on the back, but had a terrible time finding a picture suitable for screen printing. But my dream came to life this year when Assistant Pack Leader was able to doctor the photo from the scorecard to make it useable. So this year I present to you.....Annual Shank-o-potamus all day golf shirts. I really see a bright future for me in t-shirt designs! Place your order now before my designs become a hot commodity!

I am the state president for our employees' association. Each state throughout the nation has a state chapter and then we are also divided areas. Wyoming happens to be in the NorthWest area which consists of Washington/Alaska, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota and Nebraska. I was volun-told that Wyoming would be hosting the NWA Rally this year and I would be in charge of the even as the President. Keep in mind that I had never planned an event larger than an about 20 person bridal shower....and I could expect somewhere between 40 and 90 people to attend Rally. Yikes! I joked that if they made me do this I was going to have it in Rock Springs....suggestions to alternate locations came rolling in....instantaneously. The most popular suggestions? 1. Jackson, I squashed this one almost as instantaneously. Jackson is ok, but its the only place people ever think about when they hear Wyoming. Its expensive and there are so many other places in Wyoming that

Switchgrass EPIC mountain bike trail  Sure sounds like an oxymoron doesn't it!? I was presently surprised by an Epic mountain bike trail that can be found just a few miles off of I-70....and on my way to my friend's wedding. And for the record, although there were only 2 of us, when he lived in Wyoming he was part of the mountain bikers so I'm counting it as my trip with the mountain bikers this year for the 2015 goals! Steve liked catching critters...I screamed when I about ran over this one! We met in Wilson the night before, he coming from the east and me from the west. We stayed at the historic Midland Railroad hotel, it was super cute and the food and beer sure hit the spot after traveling all day. Crossing the tracks, Wilson, Kansas Then the next morning we headed out to Wilson Lake to hit the trail. The trail consists of stacked loops for a total of 24 miles. I was so excited to ride 24 miles as that would be the longest ride I'd ever done, but