Family Reunion 2 of 2

The Romgi’s side of the family, this past week in Brian Head, Utah.

Cool clouds on the drive down

Back of the Mustang, top down!

Very, very windy in the backseat

Petroglyphs - middle of nowhere, Utah

More petroglyphs

Windswept hair after our ride in the Mustang

Antelope petroglyphs!

The Romgi with MORE petroglyphs

Tombstone of my 4th great grand uncle in Parowan, Utah

Tombstone of my 4th great grand uncle in the Parowan, Utah cemetery

Heading out on Ben's "easy downhill" hike (starting elevation: about 11,000 ft)

Weird communications tower, and me without makeup

AMAZING view and dangerously steep cliff behind us!

See? Pretty cool!

We all thought Ben would die

I’d like to insert that shortly after we went down the next switchback after these pictures, it started hailing. Hail is actually quite painful to walk in, especially when the weather was nice when you left the cabin so you wore a t-shirt and the only comfy pants that fit anymore. Then the hail turned into a downpour, which continued for about an hour while we continued hiking. Needless to say, I was thoroughly soaked and thoroughly freezing.

Finally the rain let up.

Ben and Krista still look happy at the end!

When I get it from Krista, I’ll add a picture of the Romgi and I at the end of the hike. We look appropriately sad about being soaked to the bone.

All in all, though, it was a great trip and a fun hike (in retrospect)! What have you been up to this summer?

Family Reunion 1 of 2

My side of the family, in New Mexico this past June.

Dusty road to the cabin

Our dusty car when we arrived!

Incredible cabin my grandpa built from scratch

The Romgi and I after a sleepless night of driving

Me, unaware I'm in a picture

One of the rooms in the cabin

This is why I'm not a real photographer.

Two of the four horses my grandpa brought for the weekend

Two of the four horses my grandpa brought up to the cabin for the weekend

The outhouse still stands, even though there's a flushable toilet inside

Indian paintbrush (Castilleja angustifolia)

Did you know New Mexico was green?

We liked the orange and red in this shot.

Our Neon did not have a good time going on this rocky, rutted road.

A real fixer-upper

Heading back to Utah

Chimney Rock

Goodbye, Chimney Rock!

Eureka!

Posted: June 10, 2008 | Author: Mika | Filed under: Romgi the Enigma | 4 Comments

The other day I asked the Romgi, “Can you tell I’ve been gaining weight?” (I was instructed by my doctor to do so.)

He tossed me a quick look of panic. How to respond? My face was a blank, so he couldn’t tell if I wanted him to say yes (I am supposed to gain weight, after all) or no (who wants to gain weight and look like it?).

Then: “The only way I can tell is that you say the numbers on the scale are going up.”

…I didn’t even know there was a right answer! Bravo, husband!