A Day in Paradise

I spent my childhood right here doing exactly this with my family and close family friends. It was reunion time, and we had all of the next generation present (as well as my grandparents, who also went camping with us many summers).

If I had one day left to live, I would spend it here. With these people (plus my husband, who had to stay home to work, unfortunately).

Have I mentioned that I wouldn’t want to live anywhere else?! Who needs to travel when this is an hour away?

This son terrifies me:

Hiking up at the falls:

Speaking of terrifying, do you see in this next picture the boulder in front of Lola and the log that Levi is climbing on? Yes, well, in no time flat Lola had scaled the boulder and was also climbing up that log. That girl was a hiking, climbing maniac. I could hardly keep up with her. “I do it by. my. self.!” (And can you see the water trickling down among the moss and ferns at the top? Heaven, I tell you!! Who needs a tropical vacation?)

I’ll leave it on this note. More pictures coming…