Nine years.
Last year for our anniversary we ran through the Enchantments after not having been back there together since our wedding. Every year for our anniversary we have to find larch trees. The spot must be a new place (with the exception of the Enchantments since that's where we got married, although we won't go back often if only to keep it special). For this year, our ninth anniversary, I wanted to take K to a special place tucked deep in the – our – North Cascades. I had been there a couple times, the last time something like ten years ago. She had never been. Once again, her parents took the kids for a couple days. These occasional adventures K and I get to be blessed with wouldn't be possible without their help. They're the best. To find larch on this trip meant going over a pass. Despite a pleasant summer, this year at the end of September they had only begun to turn their brilliant yellow. Their color isn't the point, thankfully. Finding them and being in their p
