TRIP REFLECTION: PART I (OF MANY!)

After spending a month plus in the desert, all this green looks electric to me. I stood in the kitchen this afternoon, admiring Steve's many hours he took to mow the upper part of our land, and had to go outside to take this picture. I had gotten so used to the rolling desert landscapes... browns, yellows, some greens, and many golden hues. To me, this is like being in Ireland with the leprechauns!

Earlier today, after finally getting out of bed, I showered again and thought back to the many moments of our trip. The brown hair color I put on my hair while at Coral Pink Sand Dunes is now faded. I remember deciding on a whim in Kanab, Utah (after our Best Friends Sanctuary visit) that I wanted to dye my hair. After one of our resupply trips to a local grocer, I bought a random box of dye... and when I decided to actually color my hair, it was a bit of an adventure. 

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Back in March, when we first arrived at Coral Pink Sand Dunes, it was early in the day and the people who had camped the night before still occupied our site. After maneuvering back out of the campground since we had no where to park, we found a day use area to wait in. We then had our usual quick lunch. Then I got antsy while we waited for the family to vacate our spot so I opened up the box of hair color and got to work- mixing and applying the dark brown color all over my head. Twenty minutes later passed and it was time to rinse. I went to turn on our water and nothing came out of the faucets. Then I noticed that some of my hair was coming out of my scalp! I began to wonder if I'd made a crazy choice to color my hair on the road & began to semi-panic. As the clock ticked and my time passed the rinse window, Steve figured out what was wrong and remedied the situation. With his help, I knelt down on the floor, leaned my head into the shower area & rinsed the color, while watching many pieces of hair wash down the drain. I prayed that I would still have a good chunk of hair on my head as I scrubbed my head while Steve held the shower nozzle for me. In the end, my hair was colored and I kept 99.9% of my hair. Phew. In the future, I will be coloring at home or with my sweet stylist Jessica.

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This afternoon I walked out to the back deck and saw that two of our potted blueberry bushes have a ton of little flowers on them. Yay! So in love with planting and growing... next year, these will be planted into the gardens out front and new plants will move in to the pots. I am excited to get out and garden again. There is always something fun to plant, grow, and learn outside .♡ Our plant collection is growing each spring. Perhaps the kids and I will have to make a field trip to the nursery soon and add to our collection!

And this little girl has quite the collection of eclectic outfits going on. Today, Sierra came into our room and said, "This is my Spring look today!" All I can say is awesome!!!! ♡