We have been going non-stop for two days and are completely exhausted. We haven’t even reviewed all our photos!

So, in the meantime, here’s a shot to prove where we are…

It was the first time I’ve seen it and the Golden Gate Bridge is absolutely as spectacular in person as it is in photos.

We canceled our trip up to West Virginia this weekend because of a cold front bringing both chilly weather and rain. Not exactly great hiking weather.

So!

We decided to take a little time this morning to clear out some glassware that we haven’t been using to make room in our kitchen cabinet for our growing pint glass collection.

That is a lot of glassware for just two people!

We have 41 pint glasses (only a few are duplicates) but are always adding more as we visit breweries all over the country. Embarrassingly, we don’t have more than four of any type of wine glasses. And we love wine. Sorry, future guests! :)

Here are the shelves all organized and neat. Ahhh.

This effort led me to reorganize both pantries, another cabinet and one lazy susan. (Not you, mom!) Pictures of these are even less interesting than the ones above and have been omitted. :)

We entered this photo of Riesling ‘grinning’ into the Snapfish Funny Pets contest.

Voting is open all week, so head on over and give our pup five stars… you have until the end of the day on Sunday, April 13th!

The original story behind this photo can be found here.

We read about the website postcrossing.com a few months back but finally signed up this week. We’ve shipped off five postcards (the maximum allowed at one time) to Finland, Austria, Germany, Hawaii, and The Netherlands. Once someone receives your postcard and registers it, you become the next available address for someone else. So, the more you send, the more you receive!

Interestingly, the hardest part was finding local postcards! We don’t live in a “touristy” area so it’s been a bit of a challenge to find a representative local postcard. Luckily, the Hallmark store just down the road has a huge selection. :)

If all goes well, we will be showcasing the cards we receive from all over the world, so stay tuned!

We are celebrating Easter in sunny Florida with my Dad and Lynn.

Happy shadow bunny day!  :)

Both of us are more interested in college football than college basketball, but this weekend was still pretty exciting since two of our schools won their conferences. The UNC Tarheels are one of the top teams in the nation and were favorites to win the ACC, which they did after a few close calls. With their win they’re now the top-ranked team for the NCAA tournament. Go Heels!

More surprising were the Georgia Bulldogs, often great at football, but not basketball. This weekend, sportswriters and announcers were using words like miracle, shocking, and improbable to describe their SEC tournament championship. To put this in perspective, UGA had lost 4 of the 16 games played against these same SEC teams; on top of that, they had to win three games in 30 hours due to the tornadoes in Atlanta over the weekend. Go Dawgs!

While waiting for a table to open up at World Famous last night, we experienced the most incredible sunset. It started out ordinary and transformed into something amazing.

We had nothing to do with this. honest. ;)

Eric and I were looking through REI last night for a new backpack to replace one of our rolling carry-ons. While there, we picked up a dogpack for pup.

She was so excited when I put in on her and sat very still for the photos. We plan to use this on long walks and hikes to wear her out a little bit. Plus, she can carry our water, her food, and some doggy bags. :)

I am removing our National Parks Pass usage info from the sidebar, but I thought I would create a post about all the lovely places we saw this year (for free!) thanks to our National Parks Pass gift from my brother-in-law and his girlfriend. What a fantastic gift for outdoorsy people! :)

Shenandoah NP/Skyline Drive

Zion National Park, Bryce Canyon National Park, and Grand Canyon NP, North Rim

Glacier National Park