R&R is something all runners should take after a season of consistent training. Jer and I decided it’d be good to take a weekend to ourselves and get away from the city, the technology, the hustle and bustle of the day-to-day grind. We both took Friday off a couple weeks ago. We went out for a nice morning run, went grocery shopping for the weekend necessities, and stopped by Starbucks to make sure we were wide awake for the trip to the farm. The farm, or the cabin (it has a bunch of different names), is a piece of land on 40ish acres with a lovely little house on it that has all the basic needs. It faces a lovely little pond, which unfortunately was basically dried up when we were there.
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| Marzuki wondering when we're gonna get there |
The 2.5hr trip went fairly well. After being on the road for a very short time I realized that I didn’t bring a single memory card for my camera!! What a dufus! I really wanted to spend some time getting more familiar with my camera, so we stopped by a Wal-Mart in La Grange, Texas and found one there. I’m so glad we did too! I had a good time messing around with different camera settings.
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| Dex showing his dad some love |
One of the things Jer and I were really looking forward to was seeing how our two furry children would react to being unleashed in the “wild”. Would they run away and never come back? Would they be too scared and stay curled up by our side? If they saw a cow would they run in fear or try to play with it? Well, they had a blast to say the least. The first thing they did was sniff the cow poop that was scattered everywhere since the pond was completely dried up and there weren’t any barriers from keeping the cows away from the cabin. Marzuki and Dexter got a little adventurous, but they never went too far. They always came anytime we called for them. It was a very rare occurrence if they didn’t have smile plastered on their face when they were awake.
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| Happy Doogles to say the least |
Jer and I spent time talking about life, sipping on coffee and mojitos on the porch, watching our doogles run their little hearts out, cooking delicious meals, playing multiple games of scrabble, starting camp fires, taking tons of pictures, going on mini-hikes, catching up on sleep, and just enjoying nature! It was great. We ended up staying Friday and Saturday night because we were having such a fun time. The one thing that we got from the weekend was realizing we definitely needed the break. It got us excited about the future and made us realize we love our dogs WAY TOO MUCH!!
Here are some of my favorite pictures from the weekend : )
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| Dex ALWAYS took the short cut |
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| Running through the trails |
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| He's so fast |
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| Dex chillin where the pond used to be |
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| This photo makes me smile the most-he's such a goof! |
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| The cows drinking what little water is left in the pond |
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| Marzuki trying to get himself out of the mud he sunk into |
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| And here we have him mid-shake attempting to get the mud off! |
R&R is something all runners should take after a season of consistent training. Jer and I decided it’d be good to take a weekend to ourselves and get away from the city, the technology, the hustle and bustle of the day-to-day grind. We both took Friday off a couple weeks ago. We went out for a nice morning run, went grocery shopping for the weekend necessities, and stopped by Starbucks to make sure we were wide awake for the trip to the farm. The farm, or the cabin (it has a bunch of different names), is a piece of land on 40ish acres with a lovely little house on it that has all the basic needs. It faces a lovely little pond, which unfortunately was basically dried up when we were there.
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