Mom's weekend!
My best friend for the last 20 years,
(can't believe I'm old enough to have had a friend for 20 years)
and I spent a wonderful 3 full days up in a beautiful mountain town.
We enjoyed a little shopping, lots of walking, some hiking, nice peaceful dinners, and hours and hours
in the mountains taking pictures!
It was absolutely beautiful!
And it was great being able to just sit and enjoy the sights and not have to worry about
a little one climbing the trees, or reaching over the cliff, or chasing the wildlife!
We simply
sat
and watched!
The animals were incredibly friendly and curious!
And hungry! (or so they wanted you to think)
It rained each day, but even with the clouds the mountains were
breathtaking!
One thing about being on vacation with another photographer
is that they will get you in a photo or two as well.
As I am usually the one behind the camera, there are very few
photos of me. (not that I'm complaining)
We spent over an hour in one field alone simply enjoying the beauty and
taking pictures God's wonderful creations!
This tree just called to me!
Don't laugh but I think I have nearly 15-20 photos of this tree alone,
from different angles.
I love the view through trees!
It shows so much.
The strong and sturdy rock, the dead branches of a tree, the green of growing trees in the
distance, and the dry ground beneath the rock.
In the field we spent so much time in,
stood three lone sunflowers surrounded by tall wild grass.
It caught my eye, and of course I took half a dozen or more pictures
of the sunflowers too!
I believe this may have been the first time I ever had the time and freedom to
just sit and really look at the amazing world around us...in tiny detail!
Never underestimate the beauty of each individual blade of grass or petal on a flower!
While many of my pictures of the waterfall didn't turn out as I'd hoped
this one of the bridge did.
Again, being able to stop and actually see the beauty of the bridge itself was wonderful.
This view was from the top of the mountain.
Even as a storm was making its was towards us, the view was breathtaking.
The beauty went on for miles and miles.
I could have stayed up there for days just taking it all in.
At the top of these stairs we sat at 12,000 ft.
Which means...THERE WAS NO AIR!!
Every 5 or 6 steps we had to stop, just to breath!
This was when I decided that asthma truly sucks!
It was a great and relaxing weekend
It was a very needed break away from the city and reality.
Of course we were far from being ready to come home, but we promised
we would make sure to take a weekend away at least once a year!
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