Enjoying the mountain air! (Or lack of...)

Man, I forgot about the altitude change. We came from sea level to something like 3,000 ft above sea level in a day. I thought I had a touch of a headache, but I brushed it off because I ALWAYS have a headache. It's nothing new. But then I got out of bed to go pee and got a touch dizzy and lightheaded. I made it downstairs to the bathroom just fine but I didn't put 2 and 2 together until Mendel 1.0 started reading about "altitude sickness" and listing symptoms. I am fine now. Took me a little while to adjust, but other than that, it was just a nice reminder of how nice it is to have oxygen!

The kids- Miles, Mendel and Sara's son Jeff, have been outside playing all day or watching TV. They built a fort in the woods behind the cabins and made some friends. I've sat around being lazy and surfing the internet, answering emails and enjoying Sara's cooking. She is a great cook! I am going to adopt her and take her to TX with me. I got to sleep in this morning. So far, basically, I haven't done very much. I am actually starting to FEEL lazy, which generally means I am over vacationing and ready to act like a non-lazy person again. Wow. It took about a month when I moved to San Diego to get over that feeling. Here, one day. It's nice. I might actually wash dishes in the morning... who am I kidding? They have an automatic dishwasher!

Tomorrow we check out and we'll probably go see the crater. Hopefully the Grand Canyon because I REALLY want Mendel 1.0 to see it. It is quite awe inspiring.

I finally came out of the cabin to do laundry. It was that or camp in a nudist colony and I didn't want to traumatize the nudists. I'm not so much fluffy as I am floppy. While the kids would remember it forever, I don't think anyone wants to be blinded by my pasty white skin. No, I am not really this brown. It's a tan. Under my clothes is skin the color of the Pillsbury Doughboy. The clothes are drying now and I am going to go play online until they are done.

In a cabin in the woods....

We are in an A frame cabin, actually. But anyway, it is LOVELY here. We met up with Sara and Jeff somewhere, I wasn't paying attention to where we were, I was taking pictures of the clouds. Now that I have cooled off...

The heat in the desert was miserable. I was melting. And to top it off we do not have air conditioning in the car. It only reached 110 yesterday, compared to 111 the day before. I thought I would DIE! I did have a teeny allergy attack and a slightly discolored chin because of it. But at least now we have a vehicle with A/C now so all is cool LOL.

Well, Sara is done cooking breakfast! So I better run. I have to do laundry today but I will post more later and hopefully get some pictures up here too. Til then!

We made it safe and sound to Flagstaff and we are setting up the cabin.

Mendel exploring the area

My two Mendel's at a rest area in southern Arizona.