Why we are never leaving the house

I think we are done being adventurous for a while.

between the last two weekends we have decided we are not cut out for any sort of adventurous activity.

we probably just shouldn't even leave the house.

seriously though.

Over labor day weekend we had planned on going backpacking in the Unitas. This was to be our last chance this summer and there was nothing that was going to stand in our way.

not even a weather forecast of rain all weekend. 

We decided we wanted to hike and camp at amethyst lake. we got up there at about 8:30 and set up camp in the dark. the whole hike to the lake was fabulous. 

it was so fun to just be on an adventure with only me and my husband. 

not to mention it was gorgeous!!

So we went to bed and the wind started howling. there were huge gusts of wind all night long. for some reason i was really scared and creeped out and couldn't sleep all night. i just had a weird feeling in my gut. 

7 am rolled around and it was raining. i woke up to thunder. 

justin looked outside the tent and said, "uh, kim, i don't want you to look outside.... we are like 10 feet under the clouds."

now begins my panic.

i am deathly afraid of lighting, and there we were camped upon the highest ridge. 

i just layed down and tried not to panic, but the flashes of light and booms of thunder just kept getting closer and closer.

justin tried his hardest to stay calm for me. bless his heart.

he said he thought we should get out of the tent and go to lower ground.

i said h to the ell no, am i getting out of the tent.

then a flash of lightning and boom of thunder happened simultaneously. So we put on our ponchos and ran down the mountain.

we would run, then lay down in a meadow until there was a flash of lightening.

then we would run and do the same thing. 

over and over. 

until finally we figured we were low enough and we layed in a meadow for 30 minutes as it started to hail.

by the time we got back to camp, we realized we had left the tent fly open. 

all our stuff was wet, we were soaked. 

so we made the best decision of the weekend and we decided to go to justin's grandparent's lake house at bear lake.

turns out someone died in the very spot we camped this summer because they got struck by lightening.

turns out everyone else knows not to camp where we camped. 

figures. 

Also, it turned into quite the sunny day when we left.

here's some pictures

The first glimpse of sunshine

such a beauty

happy to be alive

grouchy, soaked, justin.

this was on the hike up, so i was happy at this point.

soaked pants, soaked/muddy socks

all in all, it was a great experience. we learned a lot. but it really was a great memory that i will always have.

just wait for part II of "why we are never leaving the house" it gets even better.