Day at the Beach

Last weekend I went to the coast with my friend Alexis and her husband. Alexis is also from Utah State and will be in the vet program with me. We drove to Newport on the coast, about an hour drive, and just spent the day at the beach. It wasn't warm enough to swim but we were able to wade in the water and take beautiful pictures. We saw a bunch of harbor seals on a rock and that was really neat. Here are some pictures that I took while at the beach.

Pictures

Here's some pictures of my apartment! It was kind of fun to figure out where to hang my pictures and decorations. It's small but just right for me and my turtles... and my frogs and fish (: I have a nice little deck off the back of my bedroom and it's nice to open the door and get fresh air and a breeze. I just hope it stays this clean for awhile.

At Oregon

Now I am moved into my apartment in Oregon. It is odd to have a place to myself with no room mates or family but I think I'm going to like it. My parents are on the return journey home right now and that is certainly a long drive. I'm so grateful for their help in moving me up here and helping me get situated!!

My car was broke into at a hotel on the way up and the thieves, thinking they were stealing a purse, took a bag containing a cute scrapbook that my mom had spent hours on with pictures and notes to me from my family. I never got to read the notes! The bag also had my t.v cable, power cord, and remote inside but those things were easily replaced. Needless to say, the drive up here was tough for me and I hope things get better from here. So far they are looking up. It worked out that tomorrow I will get my car window replaced without having to go very far.

So, now its just getting used to Oregon and waiting until school starts on the 27th. I am looking forward to vet school orientation on the 22nd and seeing my parents again on the 24th for my white coat ceremony.

I'm not able to upload images right now but hopefully I'll be able to soon so I can post a few pics of my cute apartment that will be my home for the next little while.

I Hiked Mt. Timpanogas

A few weekends ago, on July 23rd, I hike to the peak of Mt. Timpanogas with my dad and Morgan and a few of my dads' scouts. It was a beautiful hike, as you can see from the pictures. The hike was 12 miles round trip and took us almost 12 hours to complete. We had a lot of fun and we were all exhausted by the end. It was so cool to stand on the top of that mountain, the second highest on the Wasatch front, and be able to see the cities on both sides of us. Provo and American fork on one side and Heber and Park City on the other. Rather than hike down the same way we came up, we opted to slide down a glacier to cut out some time. It was a neat experience! I was terrified but I was all for cutting out some of the hiking down steep switch backs. We slid down a narrow chute of snow and went as far as we could go, which was pretty far. It was freezing wearing nothing but thin shorts and a lite jacket! It was worth it though because it did save us time and it was kind of fun.