Holy Moly That Was An Earthquake!!!

Today we had a 5.4 magnitude earthquake here in SoCal. The epicenter was about 20 miles away from where we work. I was at clinicals at a pretty new hospital when it happened - the hospital is on rollers they said, so we were moving all over the place - up, down, side to side. When it started shaking we all moved into a doorway to wait it out...but it kept going and going and going - pictures on the wall were swinging. Even the native Californians said that it was a really long one. I've never felt a big quake before, but we've had a few little ones, there have been probably 5 since we've been here. Just this last weekend we were sitting on the couch and there was a loud crack and just a little jolt and then it was done - nothing to really even make a fuss over but today was way different! We were rockin and rollin and it just wouldn't stop! It was actually quite scary! The power went out at our apartment, all the clocks are flashing, but other than that everything seems in its place - no more earthquakes for me please!

Anniversary Weekend Adventure

For our first anniversary Jason planned a trip and surprised me with a weekend getaway, so this year for our second anniversary it was my turn to plan the weekend. Our anniversary isn't until the 15th but we wanted to take full advantage of our time so I planned the trip for this last weekend and took Monday off too.

I planned an adventure trip to Colorado: we flew into Colorado Springs 4th of July. We stayed right downtown so we could easily explore the city. There was a big fireworks show in one of the parks nearby so we watched the show and enjoyed dinner downtown.

Saturday morning we drove way up into the Rockies to the headwaters of the Arkansas river for a 3 day two night rafting trip. We got geared up with wet suits and spray jackets and hit the water.

(We got lucky and got to be in the front for the class 4 and 5 rapids)

(This is "Zoom Flume"...what a ride)

The trip was called the "Mild to Wild" so it was a progression of class 2-3 rapids on day one up to class 4-5 rapids on day 3. There were 8 of us in our boat including our guide, and then there was a gear boat that carried all of our supplies....dry bags with our clothes, tents, chairs, stove, sleep pads, food etc.

(We're all smiles 'cause we didn't end up in the water!)

Each day we covered about 30 miles and over all we went 80-90 miles...our guide said the river was really high and running really fast so we covered more ground than they ever have before on an overnight trip. We camped along the river as we went along, and enjoyed great meals cooked by the guides and some great stories and games by the campfire each night.

(Dan - our gear boat guide and expert chef!)

On our last morning before we hit the water we rappelled down a 100 foot cliff. The roaring river below made it so picturesque. It was such a blast! We survived the wrath of Zoom Flume, Pinball, Silver Bullet, The Ladder, Miracle Mile and Raft Ripper (just to name a few of the biggies) in one solid piece without falling out of the raft!




We had such an amazing time! It was our first trip to Colorado (hopefully not our last), and it made us once again realize how much we miss the green and outdoors and down to earth people from home. This was certainly an experience to remember and hopefully a sign of the wonderful adventures our third year of marriage will bring!