Summer Days

I got my fill of beautiful summer. And it's only July. Oh, yes!

We decided to pack it up and go backpacking last week. A lovely nurse at work agreed to work one of my days, so I could spend an extra with my hubby. We drove South to Vancouver, but it was raining. Very hard. Not wishing to slug our equipment up a hill on our backs 5 miles and camp in a puddle, we kept driving. And driving. And... we drove to Napa Valley. We had 2 lovely days

• exploring the little towns along Highway 29,
• eating fresh herb bread, soppressata, pecorino cheese, and delicious caesar salad at a vineyard,
• Cameron bought me a beautiful little black summer dress,
• we had a fancy Italian dinner complete with a bottle of red wine (mmmm),
• I crossed off 'mud bath' from my bucket list (yep - clay, peat moss, and hot mineral water - watch out for those 'hot spots'!),
• Cameron mud-bathed with me,
• we had a very pleasant night's sleep in Calistoga, CA,
• and we woke up to the hot SUN and lounged by the pool reading our Bibles.

I did NOT want to leave! On the other hand, I had a very handsome man ushering me to a good-looking vehicle, offering to drive me 15 hours over the mountains and through the Redwoods back home-sweet-home. And we enjoyed our leftovers from lunch (yes, I do love picnics, especially with bread and cheese).

All completely spontaneous. I LOVE my husband!