We made it home very early this morning (1:30 AM). We were supposed to get back at 11:20, but our connecting flight was delayed in Dallas because of lightning, and we were waiting on the tarmack for a couple of hours. Yuck. After two hours of driving to the Phoenix Airport from Sedona, a flight from Phoenix to Dallas, and then waiting at Dallas forever, then finally flying home from Dallas, it made for a VERY long day, but we made it.
One of these days I'll do a bit more of a recap of the trip with pictures. It was a great trip, but I'm too tired for that today (I finally got to sleep a little after 2:30 and Rachel was awake bright and early at 6:30 this morning, so that doesn't make for a very rested Weed)! She just went down for a nap, so I think I'm headed for one too.
But first let me leave you with this picture.
After hiking from 4:45 AM until 3:15 PM on Sunday, my husband made it up out of the canyon--here he is just after finishing. I went out with the binoculars around 2:45 and started looking for him coming up the trail. Finally around 3:00 I thought I spotted him, but wasn't sure. As he neared the top he saw me and waved his trekking pole at me. I started crying, just so proud of him for achieving his dream. When he got all the way up I gave him a big hug ("I can't breathe!" he told me!) and we both had tears in our eyes. It was a special moment. He told me when he saw me and waved at me, it gave him the extra boost he needed to make it up the rest of the way. He had been struggling for the last mile and a half, he said--it had been thunderstorming for most of the afternoon, so he was wet and just exhausted. But he did it!! What an accomplishment.
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Wow! That is so impressive - and he made it in plenty of time for dinner. Congratulations to Brian and welcome home!
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