October 30, Monday

The weather was perfect yesterday. I love fall. The colors turn warm. The temp cools down. And the day was practically begging me to get outside. So I did! I went to Kickapoo state park and hiked for a few hours. It was such a leisurely hike. The air smelled of moist earth, drying leaves and, maybe my sniffer is a little off, but I'd swear it also smelled like wet dog. Parts of the hike had me ducking down real low, or climbing up high. I had to bust through a few spider webs as well. And, can I say, I'm breathing deeper right now just thinking about it all. This is by no means the best picture from the day, but I do like it. My thought process while taking it was something like this, "I'm mighty hiker woman. [bang chest here] Watch me climb over fallen trees with no problem." Then when I jumped down off the tree, I almost twisted my ankle. Thank goodness for totally rocking hiking boots!