by Mackenzie Spillane | Apr 21, 2021 | Adventure
And with the click of a button, Nate and I are now committed to training for a half marathon. We signed up to run in the Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP) Half Marathon on July 31 in Estes Park. While that is a little more than three months away, I know the time is...
by Mackenzie Spillane | Apr 21, 2021 | Adventure
In just three months, I will be running in my first half marathon in Estes Park, Colo. You can read about how Nate and I are training to push not only ourselves across the finish line, but also our little nugget and his stroller, in another post. For now, let me tell...
by Mackenzie Spillane | Feb 24, 2020 | Adventure, Travel
Remember that time you had to lose weight to ride a mule? A question my husband and I hope to laugh at in 20 years. Poor, poor Nate. For the last couple months, he’s been working hard to lose weight for one primary purpose: to ride a mule into the Grand Canyon. That...
by Mackenzie Spillane | Feb 13, 2020 | Adventure
We had such a great weekend in Buena Vista! You can read all about it in my solo, retreat weekend post or get a taste looking at these photos. On February 7-9, Nate and I went up to the mountains for a pretty last-minute weekend in Buena Vista. He spent Saturday and...
by Mackenzie Spillane | Feb 13, 2020 | Adventure
Well, solo-ish. On Friday, Nate and I decided to do a last-minute trip somewhere in the mountains where he could go snowboarding, and I could have a retreat to myself. I craved time to write, read, seek the LORD, and be. We ended up deciding on Buena Vista, so he...
by Mackenzie Spillane | Feb 13, 2020 | Adventure
If you read my post about the retreat, then you’ll recall that I received three clear directions for 2020. I decided to write out the directions from the retreat in Buena Vista, and share them, for a couple reasons. One, by sharing them, I’m more likely to...