Where I belong

"This life is yours. Take the power to choose what you want to do and do it well. Take the power to love what you want in life and love it honestly. Take the power to walk in the forest and be a part of nature. Take the power to control your own life. No one else can do it for you. Take the power to make your life happy."

~Susan Polis Schutz

Camping is what makes me happy and this is what we are going to do.................to be continued.

Going with the Flow

“If a given combination of trees, mountains, and water, say a landscape, is beautiful, it is not so by itself, but because of me, of my favor, of the idea or feeling I attach to it.”

~ Charles Baudelaire

*Update: Today is my Friday! I am going to have the next 5 days off and boy am I in desperate need of a break. Although soon enough I'll be crying yet again for more time off, go figure. I would really like to go camping so I will continue to have a steady supply of photos to share. I suppose that's not really a problem I have since I have more than enough pictures to share every week. The blog has become more than I initially thought, and I really enjoy doing it. I've gotten some really great feedback from friends, family, and strangers which means the world to me. I like to think that people feel the same way that I do when I look at a picture I've taken. The blog has also superseded my journal since I haven't touched it since we've moved. Hopefully I will start working on that again too. Maybe over my 5 day holiday!! I have been inspired by several other blogs I've come across where people do Art Journals and they are fabulous. So, we'll see what I'm capable of in the world of Art Journaling.

Harper Creek Falls

This past weekend I went on one of my all time favorite hikes so far. The hike took us over 3 hours start to finish. Mind you most of that time we had taken shelter underneath an over hung rock that keep the rain at bay for just long enough. We tried to play cards since I'm brushing up on my poker skills for Vegas but betting with leaves as opposed to chips just doesn't hold the same allure. But thankfully the storm didn't last too terribly long, actually is was sort of nice. The thunderous storm looming above made the path that much more mysterious after the rain came. Surprisingly the creek was rushing so much more furiously than before. And the heightened acoustics of the forest were overwhelming.











Toward the end of the hike is when we came across this absolutely magnificent 40ft waterfall. And would you believe that we almost didn't cross this creek meaning we would have missed this completely! Cody decided to hop the creek and hike down a bit then came back saying "I have a visual!" At the time I didn't realize exactly what it was I was going to lay my eyes upon. It was amazing - I definitely won't forget how I felt when I peaked through the trees and saw this ahead. It was a great day!