Flashback

So I think I may have just learned a way to make this whole blog thing much easier. The thing I hate in blogger is that it takes F-O-R-E-V-E-R to insert pictures. They always come up at the top, and it’s a serious pain to rearrange it all.  I just learned this little trick to simplify things, but I don’t really know what to blog about. We’ll go back in time to last summer on our visit to Zion’s National Park.

We decided to hike to the top of this…

Ah yes….that was SOOOO much easier! Why didn’t anyone tell me about this before?

Back to our hike….Let me remind you that a year ago I was pregnant. I think I was 11 weeks pregnant at the time, which meant that I still felt pretty darn icky, and VERY tired. Zion’s is hot in the summer, and Angel’s Landing is UP THERE.

We didn’t get up nearly as early as we planned, so it was starting to get warm when we started.  I can’t remember how long the hike is (I think it was 2.5 miles each way), but there are alot of switchbacks… Normally, I’m a pretty decent hiker. I only stop to rest when my legs start burning. It was a much different experience being pregnant. My poor little heart was racing (which was making me nervous because you’re not supposed to let it get above 120bpm (I think…I can’t remember the exact number now). Needless to say, I was hiking slow enough that my legs never got tired this time around.

And then you get to the part with all of the chains. It is a pretty steep drop-off on both sides, so you hold on for dear life!

Then you get to the top and have this amazing view…

 

Make sure to continually apply sunscreen, especially if you got ROASTED at the lake two days earlier. Ouch!

And you better hope you don’t have to use the restroom… cuz it ain’t pretty!

    

All done! Time to grab lunch!

        

Aww…lovely little pregnant pooch. Can’t say I miss it (although it still kinda looks like I have one) :)  I much prefer to have this little girl safe in my arms…