South Sister

We have always wanted to hike S. Sister. Just to say we did it... ya know? Over labor day we went for it. We set out Saturday; planning to backpack to Moraine lake, put our stuff down and summit that day. After getting a late start (we had to stop at REI for some booties for Addie) we headed out on the backpacking section of our trip. We hit Moraine lake pretty late but were still planning to summit. We were actually pretty lucky and got stopped by a ranger for taking a short cut. He slowed us down enough that we decided not to hike the whole thing that day. I think that was a good decision.

Now that we weren't summiting, we still needed something to do. We set out to hike at least part way up and see how it was. We came across some guys who were basically in the same situation as us but had gone further to the top. They were able to let us know that we could just bring a water filter and not have to pack as much water. (There is a 'lake' at the top).

The next day we set out to summit. We rolled out of bed at 4:30 and hit the trail at 5am. The sunrise was awesome! Matt got some good pics. The day was perfect. We managed to avoid most of the crowds with the 5am departure. That was AWESOME because it looked terrible to be climbing at 12:00 with 100 other people.

We ran most of the way back and hit our base camp around 12:30 or 1pm. The hike all the way to the bottom with our stuff was pretty brutal. It is definitely nice to go light.

Here are some pics form the day!

images © matthew jasperson 

Bright Side of the Road by randysandknop

I NEVER WIN ANYTHING!

I finally won! It was pretty much the jackpot...

After Matt and I returned from our S. Sister hike on Labor Day weekend (more pics to come) I had an email from Zappos with 'Zappos Couture Fashion Week Sweepstakes Winner!' as the title. I almost ignored it but I remembered that I had randomly entered that drawing about a month before. At 10pm on Sunday, I finally read the email. It said that myself and a guest were invited to NY fashion week. Paid airfare, hotel, fashion week tickets and a $1000 Zappos gift card! If it wasn't from Zappos I would have thought it was a total scam. But... It was real!! The whole thing has been a whirlwind but next week Matt and I get to go to three shows in NYC for Fashion week! I am sooooo excited!
Everyone at Zappos was so nice and they hooked it up!

Zappos Couture

I will post lots of pics when I get back. Whoot Whoot! NYC baby!





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