What we did in 48 hours

For two parents that dedicate so much of their daily lives to their kids, this trip was like a second honeymoon. Like I mentioned a few posts ago, for 48 hours we did not change diapers, read any childrens' books, make food for four, or play chase in the backyard.

Here's what we did get to do:

We got to pack our own backpacks, free of diapers, wipes, and sippy cups:

 

We got to wake up when we wanted to (which still ended up being around 6am), and enjoy our coffee with interuptions....

We got to climb over huge peaks like this one, and then turn around winded and feel proud of ourselves. 

 

We got to see each other smile like this. Looking over and catching a sweet smile like this one made the trip for me.

We got to enjoy our typical backpacking lunch: hummus in a pita pocket with tomatoes, basil and avocado...yum!

 

We found water, about 1.5 miles away including a slight detour down a "sheer cliff" and got to climb down and then back up this mountain with lots of fresh spring water. Can you find me hiking?

 

We pumped it!

We hung it:

 We collected it (firewood):

We dug it, but didn't catch that on film:

We made our living room....

and our dining room...

And spent hours and hours in each of our rooms relaxing, laughing, chatting, and playing cards. It was rest well deserved after about 8 miles of hiking...

We got to take pictures together, since having kids we have literally about 4 pictures of us together.....

We made camp in the best place possible complete with many sitting logs and a sweet campfire ring.

We got to look down upon Yosemite Valley in the early morning, during the day and at sunset.

We got to soak up sun rays...we spent about 2 hours hanging out on the very tip of North Dome waiting for the sun to set, we filled our time with conversation, moments of comfortable silence, a competitive game of rock toss, and towards the end we saw the most amazing and unbelievable thing...3 rock climbers coming up and over North Dome....too tired to talk, and with another 5 miles to hike...do you understand how cool that is, they spent all day and rock climbed up North Dome...

And most importantly we reconnected...I picked an awesome partner to share life with...