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My favorite time of year in the valley is September and October. Our temperatures are amazing, and the outdoors comes alive with color and smell.
I've spent the last month and a half in my "interim" house. Ricks house while we try to sell it. I'm not made to build or remodel houses. It's not in my make up, in fact I can't think of anything worse to do with my time not working. This house he bought many years ago as a repo. It's been a s*#! Ton of work for him. Granted it looks amazing now, but truly at the cost of actually living.
I was starting to suffocate in this. Lose my self. I could feel myself slipping. Questioning my choices, myself. It's a scary place to be. So I turned to the place I knew would renew my soul, put life back into perspective. The wilderness. Covered 26 miles in three days, summited a mountain I have always wanted to. Found myself, my happiness, self assured ness, all out there. Now we can carry on.
Friday I have a window when I dropped Lo off until I pick her up from school. I've got Lake Colchuck down. I can take off, hike the 4.5 to the lake, eat lunch and be back to Wenatchee within 5 hours.

Saturday I went on a "blind date", with a gal I know but have never hung out with. She was awesome and so was Lake Minotaur and Theseus, as well as the views from Labryth.

Sunday after work, I could sense Rick needed the same. We made a quick sandwich hiked up another summit to view Lake Valhalla and have dinner. Perfect!

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