O.K. when I started this blog I had decided that I would write about how my life has been changing over the last few years. First of all I think Scott and I have entered the next leg of our journey. Emily graduated from high school and left for college. That allowed us to have more time together as a couple. Grant is such a "entertain himself" type of kid, of course the x-box helps because it allows him to hang out with his friends from the comfort of our upstairs couch. This of course is a subject for another post. So we have been trying to find time to be together and get used to life without kids. Not that our kids are not fun to be around but eventually they are going to leave and we need to make sure we have our own lives to lead. I think we realized that we were finally at the stage in our life where we could go have a drink after dinner and not worry about making arrangements for someone to be at home with the kids. Grant is perfectly fine to be at home alone or hanging with his friends. So we have taken advantage of that quite a bit on Friday afternoons. We are now branching out even more!
When it came time for our anniversary this year we decided to take a weekend trip. Emily is home now so she and Grant are fine spending the weekend alone without us worrying about them. O.K. maybe we worry but we really don't have to. So we decided to rent a Goldwing and take off on a Friday for Broken Bow Oklahoma.
I really enjoy riding on the back of a motorcycle. It allows me to see so much more of the towns passing by. You can see the colt in the field running and playing, you can see two buzzards sitting on a fence that you think are not real and as you get closer they fly away. You can smell the wisteria and honeysuckle vines.
Sometimes I just sit and ride, I don't have to talk or think its total relaxation. We stop periodically and get off the bike and walk around or stop at a diner in one of the small towns and have really "bad for us" food that tastes delicious. This weekend we stopped in Paris, Texas - it's not quite like Paris France but it has it's attractions - like the very large longhorn head in the Roadside Grill and it may not have an Eiffel Tower but it does have a large water tower. So I guess it's all in what you want to see.
We hiked at the National Park in Broken Bow and saw so many amazing things, a Red Headed Woodpecker, a "touchdown tree" a few waterfalls and so many things that if you take the time to look will just amaze you! While we were hiking we heard the tornado sirens. We were about one hour into the hike and had to decide if we should keep going or hide. Turns out we didn't need to hide but it was a little scary.
The next day we rode some more in the Ozark Mountains in Arkansas and just enjoyed the journey! Over all a fantastic weekend and some really good couple time!
