Thorman Pictures: 2012

Marlin and I riding on the top of the fire engine in the

Collegedale, TN Christmas parade and throwing candy to the kids.

Jam-N-Bread Christmas Edition. My last one! I miss my band!

The U-Haul made it to Washington

thanks to our wonderful parents, Marvin & Lisa!

The view of downtown Chattanooga at night, from the deck of our Hilton room
that I surprised Marlin with the day he got back
from his 2 week trip to California.

Our 13-mile hike. Won't miss Tennessee's brown, twiggy winters.

Kind of fuzzy, but here's the guys at Marlin's going away party at the fire department in Tennessee.

I climbed the rock climbing route where Marlin proposed to me and said YES again! I guess I've improved on my climbing skills cause the climb wasn't

nearly so difficult this time around! :)

Our going away party.

The firefighter dress-out relay race at our going away party. Guys vs. girls!

Trying to get higher than 345 feet at Florida's highest point!

Oaklahoma's high point on a mesa.

Our car battery died in the middle of no where Oaklahoma. We waited for about two hours before a car came by to jump us and by that time Marlin had

walked 1 1/2 miles to the nearest house to find a person to jump the car!

Oh and we also just about ran out of gas in New Mexico. We passed through towns hoping to get gas, but there were NO gas stations in several towns!

Headed up the long climb to the top of New Mexico's highest point at 13,161 ft!

The barren, windy ridge on Wheeler Peak, NM. 40-50mph winds! It was hard to breathe!

The Texas highpoint in Guadalupe Mountains National Park,

a nice warm change compared to New Mexico.

Eating supper at a cool Southwestern-themed rest area.

Saguaro National Park -- a different kind of beauty. We enjoyed finding many species of cacti there and identified many new Southwestern birds as well.