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...
by Mackenzie Spillane | May 7, 2016 | Travel
Sitting at the mouth of the largest cave in North America, I watched thousands of bats swirl in a vortex and then shoot out into the night sky as I listened to coyotes howl in the moonlight. Whether down in the depths of the cave, sitting on the edge of the darkness...
by Mackenzie Spillane | Mar 3, 2016 | Adventure
An impromptu hike of a 14-thousand-foot mountain with your mother does not constitute a typical Saturday morning, but it definitely makes for a fun one. Before going any further, I believe this is the part where I should say: “kids, don’t try this at home … or on a...