Our Boston Mountains Vacation

We just got back from our stay in a yurt. That's right. Yurt. We were supposed to stay through tomorrow but we came home a day early. And if any of you were wondering, here is what a yurt vacation looks like:

Take a look at our camping Facebook album for more pictures from our stay.

I'm leaving soon to go welcome the long lost Walker twin/Order member back to the United States at the airport and I can't stop smiling. 1.5 years really is too long.

A little action from our camping trip

Highlights:
taught my nephew to play badminton (he loves it now, btw)
hiking to the waterfall
Tillie rolled all over a dead snake and bugs came flying out
scary/funny stories around the campfire
late night rummy games by lantern light
DQ Blizzards on the way home


When we got home, we met up with Schuck and hit up the Greek Food Festival but it sucked after a gyro and souvlaki we left and went to Layla's and had some real Greek food. Their falafel platter is heaven. And their baklava is a million times better than anything we would have found at that pathetic excuse for a food festival.

CAMPING

This is our 200th post! Yay!

It's Friday and we are headed out to camp for the weekend. I'm pretty excited about it. All the rain has really cooled the state off and weather.com tells me we will be enjoying 80 degree temperatures all weekend. And yes, for July in Arkansas, that is cool. I can't think of a better way to celebrate the cooler temperatures than by sleeping in a tent, swimming in the lake, fishing, grilling, hiking, and running around in the great outdoors.

Have a great weekend everyone.

Camping On/Off

My boss and I went to Samarai for Sushi Friday today. Now, I don't really care for sushi. In fact, I think it'd be safe to say that I don't like it at all. I don't eat cooked seafood, let alone raw. But today I tried my own little version of the California roll -- just cucumber and cream cheese rolled in rice -- no meat or fish eggs allowed. It was okay. I guess maybe I'm just not used to the way it tastes but I couldn't eat very much of it. And I'm probably not going to be suffering from sushi cravings any time soon, I was just proud of myself for trying it. Andrew was a little sad when he found out. He wanted to be there when I tried it. But Tammy says there are just some life experiences that I get to have with her. But I guess I will have to try it again with Andrew later.

My dad called off our camping trip this morning because of the heavy rainfall that's expected tomorrow. I was pretty bummed out about it all day until I had the brilliant idea on the way home from work to just relocate to my parents' backyard. So they are setting up the tents right now and in just a few minutes it will be party time. Now if it rains, we can just go inside. And we'll have access to their grill, a clean bathroom, and their cozy patio furniture. Plus, we can still make it to the Greek Food Festival tomorrow.

Oh and we just made friends with a little baby turtle that lives in our backyard.

I love packing for trips

Tonight was an evening of packing and preparing. I went with my mom to get food for our camping trip. And then Andrew and I cleaned, did laundry, and packed. We're almost all ready to go. And we're excited!

I did manage to fit in a 14 mile bike ride at the gym during all of the preparing. Nice, huh?

Andrew shaved his beard. He looks funny with no facial hair.

We're making it...

Is this week going by at a snail's pace anywhere else besides 403? Because it seems like it'll be forever before Friday gets here.

Tonight we finally tried Press 1 Pizza (thank for the recommendation, Rim, we really liked it). Then we picked up some new camping chairs for our trip this weekend. I personalized mine and Andrew was so jealous that he made me do his too. Aren't they fun? We also picked up some bug spray so we are almost all ready to go.

I came up with the best idea for getting the maximum number of outfits from just a few pieces of clothing. I plan on working on this little project over the next few weeks. It just might be incredibly useful, if not a little OCD.

Oh and Andrew and I made a deal that we are going to work out EVERY day until the middle of June. Every day. So, we went to the gym tonight and I felt better after eating all that pizza.