The Past Week

I guess you can say I’ve been busy lately. Over the last week, I’ve done a lot of things; lots of family time and I even had a few new first time experiences that turned out to be quite awesome.

So I’m just going to rant on and tell you about them and how my week went(:

Here’s a little list of things I will cover:

1. Goodwill

2. WinCo

3. Double rainbow

4. Historic Railroad Tunnel Trail

5. Boulder City Historic District

6. Morning mountain mumbo jumbo

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So my first new experience was going to a Goodwill thrift store. I’ve been to a few thrift stores in town and I have my favorites, however as well known and mainstream as their name is, I’ve never stepped foot into a Goodwill store. BUT, last week I did. And I’d say it was a mostly positive experience. I was surprised at how store-like the place really was. It actually looked nice like a department store at the mall. The most an item of clothing would be is $7, which was kinda cool. I ended up finding something I was looking for too, a plus.

The only downfall to this experience, and this happens with all thrift stores, was that the smell got to me after while. Anyone who’s been inside a thrift shop knows the scent I’m talking about. That subtly rancid stench of old clothing that starts off light and less intense then within an hour seems to consume your nostrils and you as a whole and gives you a headache cause it’s probably eating your brains out. Lol I started to feel really light headed and sick after awhile of being in there.

Overall though, the majority was a positive experience(: I’ll definitely be going back to see if I can find other things I’m looking for.

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A few days ago I went with mum to the WinCo down the street. I knew what WinCo was but I’ve never been in there. I really don’t like the idea of discounted food and items. I’d rather pay full price and trust what I’m buying. But that’s just me. Places like Costco and Sam’s Club and WinCo or whatever, with the whole big warehouse discount food/everything shopping is just weird to me. But I went with mum because she wanted me to.

There was, however, one particular thing I really enjoyed about it, and that was their candy bar. It was awesome! x) I love candy! I got a bunch of strawberry sour belts and Laffy Taffy’s. And of course sampled what I was getting to make sure they were good, even though the signs say not to sample them. Whatever. But yeah, that was pretty cool.

All that candy I got is already gone btw x)

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Then we came home that same day and low and behold, a double rainbow was right outside my house. Lol

The first one was super bright and pretty and a FULL freaking rainbow, which I’ve never actually seen; and the second was more faint and not a complete rainbow. You could see both the left and right side of it but not the top/middle of it.

I tried to take a photo of it using the panorama, and this is what I got.

It kind of just looks like a bubble… but I still think it looks pretty cool(:

And here’s a random photo, taken at the same time as the rainbow mini panorama, but facing the opposite direction towards the sunset.

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My last first time experience this week was hiking through the Historic Railroad Tunnel Trail at Lake Mead. Well it wasn’t really a hike, I suppose. It was more of just a really long walk that took us through some old tunnels and break spots where there were some historic information, and the trail leads all the way to Hoover Dam. But still, I’ve never been on this trail so it was pretty cool to do something new with the family.

I also saw some bats in the tunnels! Which I’ve never seen before either. They were squeaking and making bat noises and flying around and being weird.

Here are some photos from that day(:

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After our little hike, we went to the Boulder City Historic District, which is probably one of my favorite little places. It’s the cutest little ‘perfect for tv’ town where the people are all nice and happy, the grass is always green, no crime at all kinda vibe. Seriously, this little district looks a little too perfect in appearance. It probably holds some dark, sinister secret like all the movies with perfect little towns do.

I love that they have cute little shops and eateries.

We ate at this cute pizza place and I made friends with a cow at the ice cream shop(:

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Then this morning, my dad took me and mum up to the mountains and went for a little hike/walk around thing. The weather was perfect. Super cloudy, a little cold, and almost stormy(: And we just hung out.

And here’s some photos from that outing(:

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So yeah, that’s pretty much all of the outings I’ve had within the past week. It’s been fun and pretty tiring. Every night when I come home I just want to shower and go to sleep and not participate in life the next day…

Hope everyone else has had a wonderful week!(:

Thanks for stopping by!

Blue Tree

Today was a family day! We haven’t had a family day in quite a long time so it was nice to go out with the family and do something. We left late in the morning and decided to go to the mountains and have a picnic and go for a hike and stuff. It was soooo nice outside, like 68 degrees, with a slight breeze.

We went to Blue Tree Group Camp and ate some sammiches there. Sadly, I did not see any blue trees 😥

That would’ve been awesome to see and take photos of x) But instead my lens made friends with some cacti, pine cones, flowers, and random shrooms along our hike.

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Enjoy these photos from my nature hike today(:

 

Hope you enjoyed my photos!(:

Family Adventure

Elephant Rock at Valley of Fire

So today was extremely fun! It was a family day and we all decided to barbecue and hang out together at Valley of Fire. We haven’t been there in YEARS so it was nice to go back and see everything again.

Hope you enjoy these photos from earlier today(:

Our chicken and ribs lunch(:

‘The Cabins’

Canyons in the scenic trail in ‘White Domes’

Now this one’s my personal favorite. It’s named ‘Balancing Rock’, however I don’t think that name does it justice. What do I see when I look at this scene? A DINOSAUR, obviously! It’s head’s turned, it’s body and long tail. Can you see it?

It should be renamed because when viewed properly, you can clearly see a dinosaur, not just a balancing rock. Unless it’s just my imagination?…

And lastly, here’s my family and I at the visitor center(:

I had a blast today with my family and I can’t wait to spend more days like today with them(:

Happy Family Adventuring!(:

‘Valley of the Shadow’…?

I just woke up from yet another strange dream. It featured some random handsome guy who I don’t remember ever seeing before in life. But anyways, it began with me and this handsome guy (let’s name him Jeremy) hiking deep in the mountains of… somewhere. It didn’t look familiar to me so I can’t say exactly where we were. But it was basically in the middle of nowhere and the mountains went on for miles. We were just on a random hike, exploration quest and just went wherever the mountain would let us. We literally had to climb down massive mountains to get down to where we wanted to be. We found lots of little caves and hidden areas to stop and rest and just hang out. While we were sitting in one of the caves, I looked out to the right and could see a little girl standing in the next open ground through the small water carved canyon. She was just staring at me. I stopped for a second and just stared back at her then glanced over to Jeremy and then back at the girl but she was gone. It was weird, but I didn’t say anything.

We continued to hike down the mountain. Once we got to the bottom, we had to walk through another tight water carved canyon and when we reached the end, it opened up to a hidden town in the middle of freaking nowhere. It was so odd. Like, no one would ever be able to find this place because it was so deep in the mountains, and without proper equipment it would be too dangerous of  a climb to even get down to ground level.

We decided to walk around and see the town. It was strange because we thought that it would be deserted, but it wasn’t. There were about fifty people in this town, walking around, living life. It looked like an old western town. The kind in an old Clint Eastwood film. It had a saloon, a bank, a court house, city hall, and little stores all made from rotted looking wood. The town was actually kinda cute though. It reminded me of when I went to Virginia City years ago. Jeremy and I hung out for a few hours and met some really nice people. We actually started to forget that we were deep in the mountains, in the middle of nowhere, talking to random people who somehow live out here. But for some reason we didn’t seem to think any of this was weird. Because people go hiking in random places and discover hidden towns all the time right? This was not normal.

After awhile, we wanted to start heading back home but the town’s people convinced us to stay the night since it would be getting dark in a couple hours. They were very accommodating and gave us a room to stay in. We woke up the next morning around 6am to leave and go back up the mountain and be home by the afternoon. The sun was just starting to show and light up the sky, so we quickly packed up our backpacks and headed out. As soon as we walked out of the building, the entire town was there to greet us. We thanked them for letting us stay for a night and that we had to leave now. Then the town’s people told us that we’re not allowed to leave. Jeremy and I looked at each other like WTF, and we told them again that we have to leave and go home but they just kept repeating that we could not leave. That they wouldn’t let us.

And then I randomly woke up and that was the end of the dream.

This dream was actually really interesting because after I woke up and thought about it for a second, I realized it had similar events as an episode I once saw of The Twilight Zone. The episode was titled, ‘Valley of the Shadow’, and it was about a man who was driving through the mountains and stops for directions and ends up discovering this odd little town called ‘Peaceful Valley’. The town and the town’s people held a dark secret and when the man tried to leave, they wouldn’t let him. It’s a really good episode and I remember seeing it on television in late December. My dream differed a bit, but regardless, had a close synopsis.

Hope you enjoyed reading another one of my dreams!(: