Sam carved our initials into a log. How romantical!Here's a photo journey of our anniversary weekend. After spending two fun-filled nights at the Lambson's for all the graduation festivities, we left on Saturday afternoon to go camping in Zion. But the weather was terrible on the way down--bitter cold, snowy, and windy, so we stopped in Cedar City. When I was 18, I lived in Cedar City for one summer playing bass for the Utah Shakespeare Festival--it was my first time living on my own outside of school. I have a lot of good memories there, including all these really cute bed and breakfasts that I would pass when I went out jogging (back when I actually went jogging).
Anyway, Sam and I changed our plans for one night because of the weather and pulled in to a really cute B&B, the Big Yellow Inn, and I just loved it. Loved it! I liked it more than the Grand America, where we stayed on our wedding night. Not because our wedding night was bad by any means (although some people aren't so lucky), but as far as location, B&Bs have so much personality, and that's what I like. We stayed in the "Bon Voyage" room, which was fitting because we were planning to go to San Francisco and didn't, but we had our fair share of nautical accomodations. (Notice the live saver ring says San Fran on it. Perfect!)
We watched Meet Joe Black from the B&B library, which we both liked. I'd never seen Brad Pitt in a movie before--somehow I missed that whole craze, but I was impressed. In the morning we had a great breakfast with two other older couples visiting from Alabama, and then we left for a hike in Kolob before going to Zion proper in the afternoon. 
Here's the reincarnated wedding cake my sister made for us. Beyond the freezer-burned exterior, it was as good as ever! We ate it on our first hike. Mmm. Year-old cake.
Zion was beautiful. We did a lot of birdwatching on our hikes and saw some great birds Sam had never seen after his semester in the birdwatching class. There was a big hullabaloo that involved me petting squirrels and an old woman yelling at me about rabies and Sam getting mad at me and him and this old lady telling me to stay away from my little friends. So the whole squirrel thing hung over our heads throughout the afternoon, but whatev. We had a great time.Peace out,
Liz
4 comments:
While there are many things I feel like commenting on in this post, I must say I love your use of the word romantical. My brother and Ryan STILL tease me after the "ironical" debacle of 07. They were quite amused because they were convinced I had pulled the word out of thin air. I had to look it up in the dictionary to prove myself!
Too funny--we spent a day in Zion's for our anniversary too! It's almost creepy how parallel our lives have been the last year. Although we definitely didn't camp--we're still waiting to invest in a tent. Looks like you guys had fun.
Ha Ha! Liz you are such a crack up! Although I don't think you should pet wild animals either, it makes for an excellent story. :)
I must agree that B&B's a SO much better than some lame old hotel room...I would live at a B&B if I could, I love them so much!
How fun for you guys. That B&B looks awesome.
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