Scouting

So we were the lucky ones that drew Deer and Elk tags this year and can I just say that Travis is ecstatic! So of course he had to start planning out our hunt immediately. We both drew mule deer buck tags, my first one, and he drew a cow elk. We drew our deers tags as a "party" with Travis' dad and his dad's friend Eddie. So when it's a "party" hunt, it means it's an even bigger camp out and more intense hunt because we all have to find big bucks to shoot. Anyways, so Travis, his dad, and I headed up to Ely to check out our hunting area. (about 4hrs north of Vegas) We rode around on our ATV's all day and can I just say that riding on the back of one of those I turned into a dust ball! Anyways, we found this buck at about 10,000ft. He looks like a taker to me! We also rode around on some gorgeous trails and saw a lot of baby animals-fawns, calf, ducklings, and colts. They were sooo cute! Wish us luck this Fall!


David Hicks riding through the tree tunnel

Mountain Biking-Cottonwood

So we barely squeezed in a Mountain Biking trip out to Red Rock before the heat wave came rushing in a couple weeks ago. We went with our friends Sarah & Cory and took them on a great cross-country ride. Just enough up-hill and down-hill to really enjoy it! I decided not to wear any sunscreen since we had done this ride before and it's not very long. But of course something had to go wrong and I was burnt on my back and shoulders anyway. My chain popped right at bottom of the uphill part of the trail, which meant Travis had to come back down, save me, fix my bike, and then ride the uphill again without any downhill to get us going. :-) He's the best! We had a great time going with Sarah and Cory and are looking forward to going again when the summer heat fades away.

Backyard Beauty

We did it! We finally finished our backyard! We did everything ourselves except for the concrete. And can I just say that landscaping is hard work! Travis was definitely the muscles behind the job, but I helped as much as my weak-ling body could. First we had the concrete poured as you saw in a previous blog. Travis decided we need a burm for the plants to be show cased on and it turned out great. So he brought back wheel barrel after wheel barrel load of fill dirt from the empty construction lots next door. Then we dug the holes and trenches for the plants and drip system. (yes, I helped with the digging, but he did most of the trenching. We were dead after that day) I messed around with figuring out the wiring to the drip system and setting it, while Travis went and picked up load after load of rocks. He was the master mind behind the river rock which turned out to be really nice. Next came the edging for the turf.

Travis decided to tackle that on a really hot day, hence our camping canopy in the backyard for shade. Then after the chat was compacted and flat, we installed our artificial "Virtual Turf". So what do you all think?