O'Bosky Travel Journal and More!

We've been in Wyoming since 4.18.14....getting lots of "Alaska training" with the cold wind and weather.  It's always  amazing that the weather can change so quickly!  In one day we had rain, two hail storms, thunder and lightning, wind and snow!  But it is spring...even at a high of 34 degrees and the snow soon melted. This was a special trip for us as we helped build the barn and house for six summers but hadn't been there in 7 years and not in the house since it was completed!  Randy did an amazing job!  Our spot has waited for us...he put in full hook-ups for us and we sure enjoyed them!  It was almost 50 degrees the Saturday before Easter and the boys got to dye eggs outside!  They were so excited to be outdoors!  Two of Randy and Debi's precious granddaughters each vying for a bit of Papa's ice cream!  They were so cute! Easter egg hunt! More pictures to come soon.  I would have posted these before but could not ...

Bryce Canyon National Park....wow, and wow again!  This trip here was awesome.  So many firsts!  We got to see some snow on some of the hoodoos,  I got to see a bristle cone pine tree,  and I hiked down among the hoodoos! I love this pic with my honey....he gives such great perspective to these amazing hoodoos! Two things off my bucket list!  I am so beyond incredibly blessed!  We've so relaxed these past two days....parking off the road and enjoying evenings of puzzles, read alouds and relaxing dinners! Thanks for stopping by....consider all that Jesus has given on the cross as Easter approaches!

Magnificent! Neck breaking!  Really big rocks!  Wonderful day with cousins!  Thanks to my cousins Carrie and Caryn for the trip to Zion National Park!  It had been decades since we had been.  Here you see the Patriarchs of Abraham, Isaac and Jabob.     Cousin Caryn with Shane and Erica on the left and cousin, Carrie with son Alex on the right.  Thanks to all of you for the gift of this great day! I don't know or remember the names of the mountains but they were amazing!  Enjoy the pics! Right there along the trail coming down from the Patriarchs was this beauty! We took a walk to the first emerald pool....it wasn't impressive but the views from the trail were! Tucked up against the bank on our way down from the emerald pools my eye caught the shape of a blossom.  I gently turned it up to see what it looked like and wow!  I love taking pictures...lol, and on the way down there were great views...

Cars and trucks zoom by at 75 mph on Interstate 15 one after the other, wildly dashing to their destination.  And not far from here, actually a 30 minute hike is beauty to behold rich and full of color and texture and God's awe inspiring hand.  Cottonwood Canyon trailhead is where I traipsed this morning as the sun just filled the morning sky with light and reflected off the somewhat cloudy sky in a burst of grand brilliance.  Tye has this morning routine down as I unload him from the truck and he waits, most times not so patiently, for me to exchange by tennies for my hiking boots and get on my pack and adjust his walking leash around my middle, turn on Pastor Jon's sermon on my Ipod and head off into the vast unknown for a savored walk with what God has created. Today I wandered for about 15 minutes not seeing much but as I approached the wash there were flowers to be seen, exquisite in their beauty.  I am getting a bit better at taking up close pics...