We moved!

After over a year of planning, obsessing, and boring friends and family with the details of our move (sorry!), Andrew and I finally set off on our trek to Reno.  Andrew drove, I played podcasts and helpfully pointed out mistakes he made while driving, and Kitten and Halo posed for pictures.  

 I take full credit for Andrew looking at the road while driving.  I really don't know how he manages to drive when I'm not in the car reminding him to look at the road.  He really appreciates my help.

It was also my job to document our trip, but I failed miserably.  I did, however, perk up and start taking pictures in Utah.  That's salt in front of the mountain!  Salt!

I've done better at taking pictures since we arrived in Reno because there are so many new and exciting places.  This is our apartment on the day we moved in.

Our apartment is in the Southwest of Reno, and is heavily irrigated.  I feel a little guilty about the amount of water used on our trees and grass, but the shade and pine-filled air is really nice.



We didn't spend much time unpacking since we don't plan on living in the apartment for long.  Instead, we went to Lake Tahoe two days in a row.  I thought it would be too cold to swim, but the water was perfect.  Halo had a fantastic time.  She has played in the water every weekend since we arrived, yet doesn't smell like sewage.  Imagine that!

Halo has adjusted really well to the move.  We run together every morning, and Andrew and I take her with us to explore a different place in the city almost every night.

Kitten, however, misses her Indiana yard.   She really wants to play outside, but we have to keep her in.

We let her out on the porch sometimes...and she managed to catch a bird.  Poor bird.

We moved very little furniture, and haven't really missed it.  Andrew uses his climbing crash pad as a couch, and we use my Grandpa and Grandma Reddix's old card table for a computer desk.

Ever since we met, Andrew and I have mostly been hermits, and have spent most of our weekends together.  Since moving to Reno, however, we've been apart almost every weekend.  I spent my first weekend in Klamath Falls with Katherine while Andrew explored Reno with Halo.  On our second weekend, I bailed on a very fun trip to San Jose  to visit May and Audie because I was feeling overly stressed about starting school the following Monday.

 On our third weekend in Reno, Andrew participated in a Mountaineering class at Donner Summit while I caught up on my reading and took Halo to a few creeks she hadn't swam in yet.  And she still doesn't smell like sewage!


This trail splits off of the Tahoe Rim Trail.  There's a creek along the boardwalk which Halo enjoyed immensely.

This is the Hunter Creek Trail.  Reno is full of little creeks that run between the mountains.  Halo loves running down the trail to get a drink, then running back up to meet me.


















Living this far from family still feels surreal.  We love all our new outdoor adventure possibilities, but it still feels strange not to be able to drive to see family.  I will try to do better about blogging regularly to make the distance seem shorter.