Switzerland

I'd like to introduce to you, for the first time... Mrs. ShayLynn O'Connor! Official now for 1 month and 1 day!!!

There is SSSSOOOOOOO much to tell about the wedding and the honeymoon, it overwhelms me... So I'm starting with day one of honeymoon. Wedding photo's to follow- at some point.

Steve and I rushed to leave after our oh-so-perfect-wedding to our glamorous European honeymoon... okay maybe it wasn't glamorous at all, since we camped every night and ate pasta and red sauce for the majority of the trip. But, we loved every second of it and got to see some spectacular sites!



We started the trip in Switzerland! The most beautiful place... Steve's good friend Scott and his wife Jennifer (who grew up there) were in Leysin. We stayed with them for a couple of nights. Leysin is a cute little village that is centered around skiing... Jennifer's dad owns a ski shop there. We did some hiking, dirt scooting, climbing, eating traditional Swiss meals, and a day trip to Chamonix with them. It was a great way to begin our trip.

One day with Scott, we took the gondola up to climb a via feratta route to the top of the Tour de Ai. It was an exciting climb up ladders and rungs as we clipped into the cables and made our way up the steep wall. Our shoes were slick from the muddy hike up which made the climbing a bit scary. I was the most scared, but ended up having fun.


We put these dirt scoots in the gondola so we could ride them down the mountain after the climb. Here is Scott and Steve checking out the mountain...


I may be smiling, but it's just for show


Steve nearing the end of the climb


The view from the top was foggy, but still amazing





The hike off the top was something you couldn't dream up... the swiss cows were mooing the their bells were ringing in the distance... the green hill sides, it was all just too beautiful!


We dirt scooted a ways down, and stopped at a hidden farm/ranch/chalet on the mountainside and had lunch... ham sandwiches and demi croute.


Great views while eating lunch


We got SO muddy dirt scooting the rest of the way down, it was entertaining.

That was the first day of our 3 week trip... Chamonix next!