How I Overcame Lazy This Week: We Made Memorial Day Memorable



This is why we live here.

 I love the southwest.  Yes, it's stinkin' hot in the summer, it's a barren (by most people's definition) desert, it's hard to grow a lawn or garden here, and the AC bill can be a shocker... but those are about the only bad things I can come up with.  Here's what it's not:  swampy, humid, excessively snowy, rainy, buggy (as in insects, creepy crawlies, etc.) or polluted - outside of the casinos, anyway - just to name a few things.

The point is, there's good things and bad things to living in any locale; we just try to concentrate on taking advantage of all the good stuff in our neck of the woods.



The girls decided they want to be "love bugs, not
litter-bugs."



It's no secret our family loves, LOVES, LOVES Red Rock Canyon and we spend as much time as we can out there.  A few weeks back we'd signed up to participate in one of their clean-up efforts but just couldn't make it that day.  The girls were so disappointed... mostly because they didn't get to use the princess hats and work gloves we'd gotten for the outing.  Quite the let-down.

So today, on Memorial Day, we decided to go do a clean-up of our own.  We found enough trash to fill two bags of garbage and just had a great time hiking, scrambling and throwing rocks.



That's me.  Waaaaaay up there!



I've decided that one of my favorite (if not my all-time favorite) workouts is vigorous rock scrambling. While the girls paused regularly to launch the sandstone rocks and watch them shatter against the boulders (absolutely thrilling for them; they never get tired of this), I would take off to go scrambling a little farther up the mountain.  It's an amazing workout. You use your arms, legs and really challenge your balance and agility.  The best part, though, was stopping occasionally to catch my breath and take in the stunning view. 

Exhilarating to say the least.  I feel so invigorated when I'm out there... and very UN-lazy.



The water bottle was his gift to me for my long
training runs. 
Who needs stinkin' diamond jewelry!?
Flowers?  Bah!



For our recent anniversary, my gift to K was a couple of books on discovering more excursions in the Las Vegas area.  We've done some cool things but know that even more "adventure is out there!"  And we're gonna find it, by golly!

So I say to you:  do some Google searches, check out some books, talk to friends and see what awesome outdoor activities there are in your particular area.  That way, when the weather is spectacular, you can get out there, soak up the good life and OVERCOME LAZY!