Living life to the fullest is so much fun when you get to do it with the ones you love.

So first matters first. As I said (2 weeks ago) in my last blog Leslie and I summited Mt. Elbert after staying a night in a camp ground surrounded by the Twin Lakes and the collegiate mountains (Yale, Princeton, Harvard Mts., yet sadly no UNCW). Here are some beautiful pictures of our hike:

...how small we really are.

sunrise towards the east. close to tree line (11,500 ft.).

from the tip top by 9:10 a.m.. And let me tell you joy of seeing this face...

change to this face...

was well worth all of the hard work. And there are even more rewards: it only took half the time to get back down, Leslie's head didn't hurt as bad as it possibly could have, we were only charged for one buffet at Pizza Hut instead of two, and it is totally okay to laugh now at Leslie's picture!! haha. See, isn't it worth it?

What a blessing.