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| It is hard to pick which ones I want! |
1. Sugar Mamas Bakery in Binghamton, NY owned by baking goddesses Marie Lupo Lawton and Susan Lupo Schofield (hoping this free plug will get some cookies sent our way)
2. Jacob Lake Inn's Bakery on the way to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon - it is a must stop.
3. The ones Janet Kummer is making for Gene's birthday this weekend!
Now on to how we earn our cookies - by going for a hike! Recently we hosted a group at the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. (If you haven't been to the North Rim you must go! It is nothing like the South Rim, very quiet, very peaceful) This is our third year that we have gathered a group together on "the other side". Always looking for something new we decided to hike a trail that we had not done before - The Ken Patrick Trail. It is a 10 mile trail one way, but I only had plans to go as far as I felt like and then turn around.
I love this trail! And I always love doing a trail that I have never hiked before. Nobody else was on it besides us. (Thank you Kevin, Kathy, Sam, Wendy and Suzi for joining me) It went up and down and up and down, rambling through pine forest then opening up to the new green growth of old burn areas. Fields of ferns topped by my favorite treat from nature - wildflowers. Purples and pinks, orange and yellows all embellished with lacy whites. Wildflowers make me smile... And then at the 3 and a half mile point the ground opened up before us, as GRAND as could be. Silence.
Now back to cookies...nothing like sitting at the North Rim of the Grand Canyon watching the sun set after a full day of hiking savoring a Ginger Snap from Jacob Lake with a cup of tea. Ahhhh...TITL (This Is The Life)
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