Bob and I decided to squeeze a little more out of this summer by taking a quick camping trip up to Sol duc Falls in t he Olympic National Forrest. If you haven't been there you really need to check it out. It is absolutely beautiful. Pictures don't do it justice, especially the ones Bob and I take. I am sure you can tell the falls are gorgeous by the wonderful picture of Bob and I we had taken by a random passerby. LOL Nice guy, but cameras obviously were not his thing, I think he was actually dropping the camera when he took this one. Thankfully not into the water:) It was a 6 mile round trip to the falls from where we were at, and worth every step.
My feet were getting a little sore on the way back so we left the trail and crawled down by the river so I could put my feet in the water. That's glacier water, so I could only keep them in there a few seconds, but it was awesome, and moving incredibly fast.
Not sure what it is with my feet....but I thought the picture of them by the fire I took by accident was kind of cool too, obviously I am not much more talented with the camera than the passerby I mentioned earlier. They pyromaniac comes out in me when I go camping, love to start those fires and now that there are no kids around I can mess with them all I want. I made a really huge one to do foil dinners one night (my favorite camp food, would never do them at home, but for some reason they taste awesome when camping). The fire was so big it actually made Bob nervous, but a few of the people passing by commented on what a great fire it was ( mostly because it was so big they could see it from the road) and for some strange reason that made me happy. Like fire building is a major talent or gift, something to be proud of? Don't worry, I made sure my fire was totally out before I went to bed. I have visions of smokey the bear in my head saying "remember, only you can prevent forest fires".
By the way, those running shoes didn't get much running in this week, only the hike, which my sore toes are telling me they aren't really made for. Gotta hit that next week, I had high hopes and I had my running schedule for last week all planned out, but I wasn't feeling too good over the weekend so they got scratched. There's always next week, right?
Time to go to bed, I work 3 12 hour shifts in the next 4 days, back to reality! Thankfully my trip has left me well rested and ready to take on the world and whatever it has to offer me, bring it on!
My feet were getting a little sore on the way back so we left the trail and crawled down by the river so I could put my feet in the water. That's glacier water, so I could only keep them in there a few seconds, but it was awesome, and moving incredibly fast.
Not sure what it is with my feet....but I thought the picture of them by the fire I took by accident was kind of cool too, obviously I am not much more talented with the camera than the passerby I mentioned earlier. They pyromaniac comes out in me when I go camping, love to start those fires and now that there are no kids around I can mess with them all I want. I made a really huge one to do foil dinners one night (my favorite camp food, would never do them at home, but for some reason they taste awesome when camping). The fire was so big it actually made Bob nervous, but a few of the people passing by commented on what a great fire it was ( mostly because it was so big they could see it from the road) and for some strange reason that made me happy. Like fire building is a major talent or gift, something to be proud of? Don't worry, I made sure my fire was totally out before I went to bed. I have visions of smokey the bear in my head saying "remember, only you can prevent forest fires".
By the way, those running shoes didn't get much running in this week, only the hike, which my sore toes are telling me they aren't really made for. Gotta hit that next week, I had high hopes and I had my running schedule for last week all planned out, but I wasn't feeling too good over the weekend so they got scratched. There's always next week, right?
Time to go to bed, I work 3 12 hour shifts in the next 4 days, back to reality! Thankfully my trip has left me well rested and ready to take on the world and whatever it has to offer me, bring it on!
