Five Years!

Five years ago, one beautiful, warm, sunny April morning, Micah and I got married.* Last night, we celebrated by soaking in a hot tub in Berkeley, then eating a delicious dinner at Wood Tavern, just around the corner from our house.

The Brazilian Room, Tilden Park, Berkeley

Our original honeymoon plans, to fly to Hawaii, were abandoned after the airline went bankrupt and cancelled our flight. Instead, we took a southwest road trip, driving to Bishop, CA, Death Valley, NV, Zion National Park, UT, and Moab, UT. In our two-door Honda Accord, we took two bikes, camping gear, climbing gear, bouldering pad, and about 20 pairs of shoes. I was four months pregnant and the smell of wood smoke made me nauseated. Wildflowers were out. It was a fun trip.

We followed it up with a July trip to Trondheim, Norway, where Micah was presenting at a conference. Beautiful, cool, wet, and no true night, as we were close to the arctic circle.

Looking forward to many, many more years.

* Don't ask us the date, because apparently we can't remember. I reminded Micah that our anniversary was coming up on the 5th, and he made dinner reservations. Then a few days later, we both independently realized that we actually got married on the 12th. So we celebrated a week early. I find it endearing that we both made the same mistake; an example of the effortless synchronization of our minds.