As it turns out, things are looking up for me, too! Months ago, I was invited to join a group of friends (all fellow mothers from our elementary school) for a Tahoe overnight. One of my friends has a house up near Donner Lake, and I was lucky enough to go up this past weekend for a visit. We got up there Friday afternoon, and here’s what we found:
Yee haw! What an awesome house. It was beautiful, laid back and cozy all at the same time. Here’s something else we found:
Snow! I guess nobody told the Sierras that Memorial Day is only a weekend away. It sure was beautiful though.
We took some nice long walks and appreciated the landscape around us.
It kept alternating between grey skies with snow blowing horizontally by, and bright spots with long views.
Here are the friends contemplating Donner Lake. They’re probably also contemplating their numb toes, but it still felt wonderful to be hiking around. It was simply amazing – no agenda, no worries. We did some of this:
And some of this:
(That’s homemade tortillas – yum.) And some of this:
And, frankly, some of this:
Although not all at the same time, mind you. We were simply well prepared.
When I got home Honey asked me, “So what did you do? Did you go anywhere?”
I replied, “Well, ahh, let’s see – we went hiking, and we cooked, and we worked on a puzzle, and we talked…” She gave me a concerned look and said, “I’m sorry. It sounds like you didn’t have very much fun.”
Little does she realize. I keep replaying moments in my mind – doubling over with laughter, fresh cold air, delicious flavors, DJing for each other from our iPhones, swapping ideas and stories. It was rejuvenating. We stretched time together and still got home in time to enjoy Sunday with our families. What a gift.