An Adventure 25 Years in the Making
Last week John and I celebrated our 25th Anniversary. I knew when I married John that life would be an adventure, and it has been, but when I let him plan our anniversary I had no idea what I was getting into …
This is John and I on the second longest zip line in Central America. 1900 ft long with a 300 ft drop. (It was one of 10 zip lines we went on that day, and it was actually a lot of fun!)
Zip lining in Roatan, Honduras
I met John in 1989, and we started dating not long after I graduated from high school. I was a young, single mom and he was the godly man I’d been praying for. (The full story is in my book Praying for Your Future Husband … and it’s a good one!)
John Goyer showing me how it’s done.
Getting married at 18 and 23-years-old has brought many challenges, but also many joys. (And while these safety hats were required for zip lining. I’m sure they could have come in handy during some of the hard marriage years, too!)
Tricia and John Goyer
For our first official date John and I went to the theater and watched Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. So it seems almost fitting that on our anniversary we’d be exploring Mayan temples. (We climbed to the top of two of them, and boy were my legs SORE the next day! They were really tall steps!)
Mayan ruins in Belize
Visiting Mayan ruins was John’s dream. He’d been talking about it for years, and it was the highlight of our vacation.
John Goyer, Mayan ruins in Belize
This is the view from the top! These temples worshipped the Mayan sun god, but I was standing up there praising my God for all the years He’s given me with John.
And this is the view from the other temple. (See, I told you that I climbed them both!)
I have to admit that I’m excited to discover what the next 25 years will bring with this man. With six kids, two grandkids, and many years of active parenting ahead of us still (our youngest is 4-years-old), it’s sure to be an adventure!
John and Tricia
But before you think that all of our vacation was soaring heights and expansive vistas, here was the last excursion of our trip: ATV riding in Cozumel, Mexico. The first five minutes on this baby (over huge boulders and through mud pits) I thought it was going to die. But once I followed John’s lead, trusted my vehicle, and sent up lots of prayers, I relaxed and actually began to enjoy myself. And isn’t that how marriage is? Even the challenges turn out to be adventures as you learn to trust.
Tricia’s first ATV ride
Here’s to another 25 years!
(And I actually like the book title “Indiana Josephine” … don’t you?!)
Now how about you … what is the biggest adventure you’ve been on?
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Congratulations! You picked a great way to celebrate! My husband and I got engaged in a tree in the middle of a ropes course (which naturally included zip lines), in a “forest” of baobab trees in French West Africa. The forest consisted of less than ten trees, but down below a rope bridge they did have a crocodile pit (even if it only had one 4-foot crocodile). Pretty exciting!
Rachael, exciting! And I bet it led to an adventurous marriage!
Congratulations on 25 years, Tricia. Looks like you had a great anniversary vacation!
Not anything like you did on your anniversary . I went on a hike with my daughter and her friend at Natural Bridge Kentucky. We took the cable car up but hiked down. Still wasn’t easy. That was the last time that I did anything like that. I was about 60 at the time.
What a fun trip, Tricia.
My hubby planned our 20th anniversary trip a couple years ago, and kept it all a surprise. We went back to the hotel we stayed in for the first night of our honeymoon (The Madonna Inn, San Luis Obispo, CA) and took a long weekend to explore the California central coast area we didn’t have time to explore 20 years before. We had seafood dinners on the beach, toured Hearst Castle, and had a fabulous time! He even planned a balloon ride over wine country for us, but unfortunately it was too windy to go on the day we scheduled it. He was so bummed. I was glad to snuggly in and sleep late instead. 🙂
Happy anniversary, Tricia!
What a wonderful adventure your anniversary trip must have been! Congratulations on 25 years together! That is a wonderful landmark. I can’t say that I road a zip line on my 25th anniversary, but we did go camping in the same place we camped on our honeymoon; hiking trails, canoe rides, fire in the fireplace and all.
Here’s wishing you 25 more years together.
What fun to see your vacation pictures, Tricia! It looks like you had a awesome trip. Happy 25th to you and John!
Ha! LOVED that insight into your trip, Tricia. What fun! We zip lined in Jamaica and loved it! Felt like flying. I’d do it again in a heart beat. Blessings on your marriage. You’ve got a great man, babe. And family too. Love you guys.
Sounds like so much fun. When my husband and I had our 25th anniversary we went on our first cruise. Had such a great time. We always had fun on our vacations especially after it was just the two of us. He passed away nine years ago from cancer and I think one thing I really miss is having fun with him. When you become a widow especially taking care of relatives you don’t have a lot of fun anymore and I really miss that. I do spend two weeks with my sister and two weeks with wonderful friends in Florida and that’s when I have fun. Everyone needs that. Cherish the time you spend with your husband like this trip and consider yourself blessed.
Tricia, thanks for sharing your adventure with us! All those beautiful pictures really captured the sense of Indiana Jones (and Josephine) type fun and adventure. Hopefully there weren’t any of the misadventures Indy usually ends up in. 🙂 It’s so neat that these 25 years for you and John were bookended by Indiana Jones (the movie and your own journey into his type of things [Mayan ruins, zip lines, etc.]).
Hope you have many more fun times during the next 25 plus years!
Blessings,
Andrea
My husband and I just celebrated our 20th anniversary this summer. We had a summer long celebration. Going to the place where he proposed was the start of it. We also went to the Shenandoah Valley for our “honeymoon” just like on our 1st honeymoon. We hiked in the Shenandoah National Park. Went to Cass, West Virginia and rode the steam engine to the top of the mountain. We had a great time together and rediscovered our relationship. It was a true blessing for us. God has a sense of humor and decided that 5 children wasn’t enough, so shortly after our trip he blessed us with another child, due to arrive in June. So just like Tricia, on our 25th anniversary, we’ll have a 4 year old. The adventure continues.
Kim in NC