Life, TravelJune 28, 2008 6:23 pm

I guess that I should update on our vacation. I should probably post some pictures and stuff, but that is not going to happen. Our vacation got cut short. The dogs got sick, and it just made all of us miserable. Camping with sick dogs cannot be fun and relaxing. So, we just came home.

First, Rocky got some tummy troubles (I’ll let you interpret that one). Then, we stopped at Kyle’s great uncle’s house in Cedar Crest just outside of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Cedar Crest is named because of all of the cedar groves all over that side of the mountain. We tied the dogs up to a couple of trees so that we could sit inside and visit for an hour with Uncle Bob and Aunt Bertie. Have you ever heard of Cedar Fever? Apparently, dogs are allergic to cedar trees, and it causes them to break out in hives. Yes, my dogs broke out in Cedar Fever. Between the Cedar Fever and Rocky’s tummy issues, Kyle and I were at our wits-end.

We were all so miserable that Kyle and I just decided to head home. I still took the whole week off to relax at home, but Kyle went back to work for a couple days so that we can try to take another vacation later.

In other news, my parents are coming down for a long weekend over the Fourth of July next week. Our minor league baseball team, the Midland Rockhounds, will be in every night that they are here. And yes, they did plan to come down around the Rockhounds’ schedule. For a minor league team, it is a really nice stadium and a great atmosphere. We enjoy going to the Rockhounds’ games, so it should be a fun weekend for all of us. I’ll try to post some pictures of that weekend.

TravelJune 12, 2008 2:41 pm

Okay, not yet, but we will be in a few days.  Kyle and I are both burnt out at work right now and decided that we desperately need a vacation.  Unfortunately, the only time that works for both of us before September/October is next week.  Sooooooo, we are leaving on Sunday the 15th for a week of hiking and camping.  We are packing up the car and the dogs and heading north to get out of the heat of West Texas.  We’re going to southwest Colorado to do some hiking and camping in the National Forest up there.  We are really looking forward to the much-needed break.  I’ll try to post some pictures of our trip when we get back.