Welcome to the Ultimate Coffee Date! Come catch up on life/hang out with me virtually! (I hope you had a better February than I did. :[ )
Ultimate Coffee Date: March 2021
If we were having coffee/tea today, I’d…tell you that we had to say goodbye to Ninja a couple weeks ago. :[ I still miss her every day and the house feels emptier without her. :[
In happier times. <3 :[
It’s been really helpful for taking my mind off things too.
If we were having coffee/tea today, I’d…tell you that I managed to snag one of the last two remaining reservation spots left to see the firefall in Yosemite.
The firefall usually happens mid- to late February and when the conditions are justttt right (aka cloudless sky and the setting sun hits Horsetail Fall at the perfect angle), it makes the waterfall glow an orange-y red.
We almost-almost missed it, but thanks to some deductive reasoning/teamwork and some last-minute sprinting, we managed to kindasorta catch it!
See past ultimate coffee dates here!
(Link-up with Coco @ Running with Perseverance & Deborah @ Confessions of a Mother Runner!)
End-of-Week-ish Recap!
- These past few weeks of Travel Tuesdays, have been in Tucson, Arizona! I wrote all of these last year (March/April-ish) when SIP first started so I’m actually starting to run low on posts! Gotta start writing again soon…
- What’s been going on lately for you?
- Any new local discoveries?
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Oh, Farrah! I am so sorry for your loss of Ninja! They do become part of our families, don’t they? It’s good that you can have some time off right now.
Your take-out looks absolutely delicious. That soup!!!
Thanks for sharing the photo of Firefall with us. I’ve been to Yosemite, but never at this time of year.
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They definitely do. :( The time off was really nice to just get away (even if it was just locally) for a while.
It was super good! :D
I’m so glad we managed to not miss it!
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I’m so sorry about your loss of Ninja. It’s so hard to lose a furry family member. Sigh….We sure do love our pets, don’t we?
How cool that you got to see Firefall at Yosemite. When I ran Big Sur in 2016, we took a side trip to Yosemite and fell in love. I’ll have to keep Firefall in mind for next time. And I’ve been to Tucson too–I really liked it, better than Phoenix. It’s so much more authentic SW, isn’t it? I’ll have to check out your posts.
For sure. :( It was horrible having to say goodbye to her but I’m so grateful to have had her for the past 15.5 years. <3
It definitely seems to be! I'd really like to explore more of Tucson if I get a chance to go back sometime!
Sorry to hear about your sweet Ninja. Fireball looks & sounds amazing! Glad you were able to see it at the optimal time :-)
Thank you! We were so close to missing it–glad we decided to sprint instead of giving up, hehehe.
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I have not heard of that happening at Yosemite sound really cool! Sorry about your cat :(
It was really pretty! I’m glad we managed to not miss it!
Thank you. <3 It still feels kinda empty without her here. :[
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So sorry for your loss of Ninja! That firefall sounds so amazing. I’d love to visit there someday!
Thank you <3 I hope you get to go sometime too!
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So sorry to hear about Ninja. Losing a beloved pet is so hard. I haven’t heard of the firefall before. Sounds amazing!
Thank you <3 It really is. I miss her so much but I'm glad for the time I did get to have her in my life.
It was super pretty! :] Really glad we managed to not miss it!
I am so very sorry to hear about your kitty Farrah! huge hugs. it’s so heart-breaking :'(
Glad you were able to have some time off. It is really needed sometimes!
Thanks so much! <3 :[ The break was definitely nice to have (+ much-needed)!
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RIP sweet Ninja — I know that pain all too well. You did all you could, and Ninja’s no longer in pain.
I have never heard of the firefall! How cool is that! We went to Yosemite before we got married, and I’m not even gonna say how many decades ago that was!
All that food looks so yummy.
Thank you <3 Knowing she's no longer suffering is the biggest relief, but we miss her so, so much.
That's awesome that you went then! :] I love it there but the usual crowds/parking can be difficult — they've gotten wayyy better on that due to COVID19 though (silver linings?)!
Oh Gosh, I’m so sorry for your loss. Losing a pet is always heartbreaking. Glad you got some much needed time off.
Thank you <3 I'm glad for the time we got to have with her, and the break/time off definitely helped to take my mind off things.
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Oh gosh I am so sorry to hear about the loss of your pet. Hugs to you!
Thank you <3! She was an awesome kitty.
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Oh Farrah I’m so sorry about Ninja – sending you lots of hugs. I’m glad you were able to take some time off.
Thank you <3 It was so hard to have to say goodbye, but I'm glad she's no longer suffering + being able to take some time off helped a lot too.
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