The first photo seen below is Mike, Shay's roommate, who was instrumental in helping put the activity together and ultimately Shay and Winnie. :-)
The following post is the actual post Winnie made on her personal blog after returning from their trip. It has been copied and pasted below so that you can get an insight to how she felt and her personality
(FYI: Winnie had hurt her neck pior to the trip and was in the painful process of recovering when she went on this trip):
Winnie's Post:
Our Trip to Mirror Lake
It was such a blast! We left at about 2:30pm and got in around 5ish.
Who said woman are the only ones who pack too much--MIKE!
Since I have such a "happy body" at the moment (and the fact that I had stayed up the night before to purchase the last Twilight book....at midnight....and then proceeded to read until 3:45 am) the drive up was quite painful!!!
When I couldn't take the pain any longer, I resigned to lean over the entire back seat (which wasn't that big, since we were in a little Mazda) and lay my pillow on Shay's lap--poor guy--and go to sleep. I am sure that wasn't too exciting for him.....nothing like having someone snoring on you while traveling....but I couldn't take it any longer.
When I couldn't take the pain any longer, I resigned to lean over the entire back seat (which wasn't that big, since we were in a little Mazda) and lay my pillow on Shay's lap--poor guy--and go to sleep. I am sure that wasn't too exciting for him.....nothing like having someone snoring on you while traveling....but I couldn't take it any longer.
I was so excited when we finally got there! It was beautiful!
Picture of cabin
and "backyard."
Once we got there, we unloaded and the first group of 4 wheelers went for a ride.
This is Jay (the one who's family owns the cabin), our fearless 4 wheeling leader.
The first group to go four wheeling: Jay, Mike, CJ, Audriana:
Taking off:
The second group: Nicole, Shay and I:
Nicole, Shay and I decided to go for a walk around the area while we were waiting to take our 4 wheeler turn.
To take a few pictures.....
and to see the beautiful scenery:
We ran into a fun swing set....
a pretty little stream:
Saw some cute little dessert flowers:
And took some fun pictures:
Here is Shay being a hick (he was cracking us up):
Then we returned to the cabin to wait for our trip out:
We lounged around and enjoyed each others company:
When the first group of riders came back, Nicole, Shay, Jay, Mike, and I went 4 wheeling up to a lake:
It was a gorgeous view....
Jay decided to take the rear this time.
We crossed over a river.
I, of course, found a nice muddy puddle to land in when trying to find the perfect picture spot.
It was disgusting!
But I got the shot!
We then returned to the cabin for a bit to eat.
Unfortunately, the bumps in the road didn't help my back/neck. Luckily, Shay was willing to work on it for me. Let's just say the poor guy spent more time trying to help relieve the pain in my back/neck then he was able to do anything else (thanks Shay--I owe you big time!).
We then decided to go shoot off fireworks.
It took us about an hour and a half to finally find a place to shoot them off.
It took us about an hour and a half to finally find a place to shoot them off.
This is a picture of a firecracker I was holding.
We then returned to the cabin to chat and sleep. We finally settled down at about 3 in the morning. It was too bad the sun came out so darn early. I was up with the birds at about 6. We went to church and enjoyed the wonderful people of Wyoming.
When we returned we enjoyed games, conversations, and a great cooked meal by Nicole.
And after a little R&R we loaded up and headed back to Happy Valley.
It was a great break!!
It was on this trip that Winnie came to realize how selfless, kind, helpful, and trustworthy a man Shay is (and of course good looking). It was then that Winnie became interested in dating Shay and learning more about him. When they returned Shay asked Winnie out on a date.....and now the rest is history! :-)
