January Adventures

My friend Meghan and I took on the challenge of Mt. Finlayson a couple weekends ago. I had no idea what was in store for me... the half hour of rock climbing at the end tested my fear of heights for sure!

But we had an awesome time, and brought along a couple companions to keep us company. Marley and Finnegan were true mountain-goats.

Yesterday, in celebration of Meghan's birthday, we visited the Butterfly Gardens where hundreds of butterflies live in a tropical paradise. I'd recommend going there even if it's just to get away from winter. The place was balmy.

This little dude was feeding the fishies! They were practically leaping out of the water to grab food.

Meghan's birthday wish was to have a butterfly land on her finger. After many failed attempts to have one land on us, we snuck up on a butterfly sitting on a leaf and forced a finger under him. And he didn't fly away!

Afterward, we all went out to Aura for dinner...

We had a private room, excellent waiters, and the food was A-MAZ-ing. Cam and I split a calamari appetizer and I loved it. The last time I had calamari was in biology class, when the teacher cooked some over a bunson burner. Hmm... this stuff was definitely better!

This morning we got up bright and early and met a couple people from Cam's work for a road ride. I've been spending most of my time on the indoor trainer, so was excited to get out on the road. Cam's been spending most of his time on the mountain bike, which isn't quite the same kind of work out. Of course the rain came down hard and we were all drenched within minutes... however, once we got going, and my legs woke up, we all had a blast! I even beat Cam up a couple climbs :)  He needs to get his butt out on the road more!

Gotta get the miles in for this little thing we're doing in May...