it's amazing how things pile up on ya.
a couple weekends ago, nick and i went on the loveliest of all walks, truly! it started up on the college of the ozarks campus, then meandered down by the lake, along a dirt road with a wide green grassy field, by the most picturesque boat i've ever happened upon, past 2 waterfalls, a fallen tree, a pump house, and back to the first waterfall for a vigorous hike up back onto campus. and along the hike, a surprising swing put there just for us, i'm sure! as we were walking along the dirt road, at one point nick just stopped and looked around in awe. it was a beautiful hike.
this tree was across the road, blocking our way. far be it from us to step over it - oh no, no, no! nick manfully moved it aside for us.
we had different ideas of how to pose in the boat. my first inclination was to push it out into the water and reenact anne of green gables' reenactment of 'the lady of shalot', but considering this boat was missing a bit more parts than even anne's was, i shelved that idea.
someday we want to come back to the spot and camp. it has a fire pit and a little cleared area for a tent - and the most perfect view.
waterfalls are just so beautiful, this one being no exception to the rule. we climbed up into the back side of it and reenacted a little 'last of the mohicans' since we were in the reenactment mood... then we kept climbing and came upon a swing straddling the waterfall!! i've hiked this at least 3 times before during my college years and the swing was definitely never there before. i think someone put it there just for us. if you were to go back and look for it, it would be gone, or so i'd like to think.
it looked a little risky but actually wasn't since it was over a part that ran horizontally before falling down some more rocky cliffs. it was only 3 or 4 feet off the ground.
it's like alyssa said in her last post - the surprising and fun things you didn't even know were so close at hand have a way of just making your day!
makes you wonder what else is just around the corner waiting to surprise you...
3 comments:
That looks just like my cup of tea!!! I LOVE swings! But how on earth did you get IN to it?
Beautiful...we found a place 2 hours from here we are going to visit for my birthday..supposedly there are beautiful waterfalls there too.
You got that right, sista!
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