36 weeks and the North Rim

Liv is now 36 weeks pregnant. The kid is huge! He's kicking around and moving. While we were on a walk last night Liv almost feel over from what we could only classify as a round house kick administered by our little bundle of joy.

Last week end I took a bit of time off work and we went to the north rim of the Grand Canyon. When I asked my co-worker where to take my pregnant wife to go camping the most common answer was "nowhere!" But we did get some good advice about some Forest Service land just outside the National Park boundary. We started off our trip with a Forest Service employee family day in Payson AZ, from there we spent a night at Mormon Lake, then went up to Jacob Lake and the Grand Canyon. Liv is a champ! Even being almost 9 months pregnant she wanted to go camping. She said "I can be uncomfortable in our bed, or I can be uncomfortable outside." She helped me with everything. She always set up the tent, always layed out our bags, she is my favorite person to road trip and camp with.

This is our camp site at Mormon Lake. The sun set was amazing. The thing that makes Liv a fun person to go camping with is that she finds joy in simplicity. As we have started car camping more and backpacking less, she still encourages me not to pack to much, and only bring what we need, or she'll try to do with out.

Us, just north of Mormon Lake

The first morning we woke up and went for a walk. It was so nice nice to feel cold. Fall is great. We don't get weather like this in Mesa, so we were ecstatic about cool autumn walks.

Us resting our weary feet at a park in Flagstaff, in route to the north rim

Old truck in Flagstaff
If I ever find a girl that loves old trucks and will go camping while 9 months pregnant, I will never let her get away, oh wait, I did find her.