We went anyway

It was starting to sprinkle as we left the house, but we went anyway. 

We hadn't been to the river yet this year. And it was a good time to get out of the house for some fresh air and a Sabbath afternoon walk.

I didn't think we'd stay to long. It looked like rain on the way and it was windy and not real warm.

Love the layers.

Austin thought ahead and brought our kite! This kite has some history. A special friend of ours use to fly it with Travis and Tyler when they were young. The three of them would head to his car after church and fly it in the parking lot. When we moved away almost sixteen years ago he gave it to the boys.

Right after this, the wind started whipping the kite around visciously until the string snapped. Duane had to make a run for it as the kite blew and tumbled down toward the river. Fortunately he was able to rescue our precious keepsake.

I love looking at all the rocks; the various shapes, sizes and colors are fascinating.

Man's best friend. Actually you'll see evidence in a moment that this dog happens to be "woman's" best friend;)

Ahhhh.....dog hug!

Let me.......

.....go!

And she's off! Gotta go see "mom"! Silly girl.

One more. I like it, they're both smiling.

Time to head home. It was windy and chilly, but I'm glad we went anyway.

Today's walk

I decided to make my walk today a bit more challenging! Instead of walking down the "road' (our driveway) with the dogs, I went a bit cross country and led the horse too. I thought I might as well get us both out and about, and working on getting in shape. Plus, poor Silver hasn't been out of his pasture on a trail in quite a while (but that's another story).

Hope you enjoyed our trail!

I got distracted on my walk the other morning...

.....can you blame me?

My walking buddies

It's hard to see in the picture, but this is what I call, "snow glitter". The snow is almost blinding with the glittering little pieces reflecting the sun's light. Awesome!

As you can imagine, it took me longer than usual to complete my walk; so much of God's handiwork to admire!