Lion and Lambs

I made it!! Of course we secluded ourselves from the others for the most part, but in our group of around fifteen NO ONE felt it necessary to bathe in perfume before heading to the forest. Woo Hoo!

We arrived around three and started a fire immediately as it was quite a bit chillier up there. Then we plopped down around it and with the exception of making and eating our foil dinners, banana boats, and s’mores, we didn’t do move. Fire, food, and fellowship; What more can a person ask for?

Okay, perhaps a warmer sleeping bag, and a cabin with a bathroom. Several of us woke throughout the night freezing, and running through the cold forest was not an option on my agenda! I thought of my sister the whole time, and how she would have detested the experience. She is one of the few odd ones that LOVES the heat, the hotter the better, I think she would have kept that fire going all night and would have sat in arms distance!

My friends daughter wanted me to go hiking with her, so we asked about some of the hikes near by. The first one she wanted to do was two hours each direction, I laughed. Not a chance. So it was suggested that we go to the Deep Pools, only forty five minutes each way. Cool. So we set out with enough snacks and water for a hike of that length. Well apparently the person who informed us hadn’t been on that hike in quite awhile. After hiking in for one and a half hours, we decided that our food and water (not to mention my legs) were not gonna make it. So we snacked by the creek and turned around.

All in all the hike and the weekend were very beautiful, and I love water, so the running creek was an added bonus, but my calves and feet are still hollering at me! And I am very thankful to have made it through without a migraine!