Summer in a nutshell…

I cannot believe it's been since the end of March that we have blogged. There is no way we will be able to capture all that we have done or experienced since our last post. It has been such a busy yet fun season. We have done our share of traveling these past few months. It's been amazing! Oh and we got a new little addition to the fam- "Zee" our little sweet doggy. She was given to us by our neighbor. I'll also share some pictures of our latest adventures!

 Zee loves to go hiking with us! This was on the Fiery Gizzard Trail. Rated one of the USA's top 25 trails. It was beautiful!

  

Gray built this box to tote Zee around and for me to put groceries in! Love it! 

She's like a little kangaroo! So sweet. 

We went to the beach with the Pumpelly's and Brannon's in June. It was such a great time! 

Mrs. Julie and Mr. Hunter came to the Noog to visit! We took them hiking all around and I'm pretty sure we wore them out pretty good ;) oops. 

Gray and Dustin built their first table! It was made with no nails or screws, out of heart pine, poplar, and walnut! It is truly a piece of art! 

I got to go to Denver to visit Age and momma Rob! We went to Winter Park and had fun watching these nuts! 

Gray and I got the chance to hike up Mount LeConte with a group of friends and spend the night at the LeConte Lodge! What a cool experience! You hike in, (llamas pack in bedding and food for you) They feed you dinner and breakfast, and you hike out. So fun.

We went to Asheville and saw Trampled By Turtles play! It was a great weekend of hiking, music, and exploring! 

And then we 'trampled' up to Half Dome in Yosemite National Park!! What a wonder-full place to stand in awe. It was 3.5 hours to the top and 3.5 down. We scavenged some passes from fellow Georgians on the way up and got access to the cables to make it to the top! Super-Blessing!!

Then we hopped over to Sequoia National Park and turned ourselves into ants! at least we felt like ants. The trees were ginormous. We were dwarfed. The Sierra Nevadas are beautiful and we camped out next to a rock that night. We definitely got our outdoor fix!

And then we crossed the valley full of vineyards and orchards to arrive at the beach to meet our friends Dustin and Rachel. We camped amidst 5 campers and 5 tents in a lot. It was a great time of bonfire and community food! (they even had a tandem bike and paddle boards we got to ride!) 

Next stop, and last stop, was in L.A. Gray showed me where he worked for 3 years and we biked up and down the beach, thrift-shopped, climbed hills, met up with old friends and Surfed! It really is a great and beautiful place. We made it to the top of Griffith Observatory our last evening. (downtown L.A. in background and the Hollywood sign is in site) 

Well, like they say - a picture is worth a thousand words…so consider this a picture blog, if you will, because there were no words to express the majority of it!

To say the least, we had a blast. And we're taking the advice of our elders to 'Travel while your young! Travel before you have kids!' - Although, we will find our way to travel and adventure even when we do have youngin's! 

Thanks for stopping' in and reading our blog. Stay Alive!! Love, Sub and Gris!