It's that time again!

It was time for Shanam's monthly dose of medicine. This was a more spontaneous trip, as in a 5:00 Friday night text while he's at work, "Honey, why are we not driving to the mountains right now?" I knew that was a clue to how stressful his day had gone and how much he needed to get away. "Well, do you want to go?" I texted back. The answer, "Uh, yes?" It sounded like he didn't know how I was going to respond :) I'm up for fun adventures and a good road trip any day (just ask Bre or Anndalyn :), so I told him I'd pack and pick him up in an hour. We decided to go to a little town in the mountains of New Mexico called Cloudcroft. This place sits at 9000 ft, pretty much at the top of a mountain ridge. The drive through the mountains would have been gorgeous if we had left a little earlier, however, we managed to arrive right around midnight. After an hour of trying to find a perfect spot to pitch our tent for the night, we found a cop who was on bar duty to show us a little road tucked away in the forest that lead to some good areas. We thanked him and eventually got settled in to bed around 2 am. Fun stuff! The stars were absolutely breathtaking that night and we slept with our rain cover off so we could enjoy them. Only problem was, it got dreadfully cold in the morning and we made sure the next night to enjoy the stars before going to bed and slept with the cover on :)

Our first day was full of adventure! Of course we went mountain biking, and I must say, I was awesome!! LOL! I did a whole lot better and except for the high elevation "stop-I-can't-breath" parts, it was great!! Shanam said that his favorite part of the whole weekend was watching me push through the challenging parts. I told him that my favorite part was watching him ride in front of me. He's really good and he'll jump off things and hop over other things, but more than that, I just love taking in the whole picture. His home is in the mountains. That's what gives him life. So when I see him, racing through an open meadow, with the mountains and trees surrounding him, I know at those moments that there is no other place I would rather be than right there with him, feeling his joy and freedom :) No matter how hard I'm huffing and puffing :)

That's true love, right there, baby! LOL!