It's All Downhill From Here

Yesterday, Charles and I ventured out to Cheaha State Park.  I took a lottttt of pictures, so I will attempt to be brief.  Ha.  {you can click on the pictures to make them bigger}

We started out driving...

 and driving...

and finally we arrived.  We went to the observation tower,...

Bald Rock,...

and Pulpit Rock.

We saw 4 deer, 2 lizards, a snake, pretty flowers, and some waterfalls.

We explored a bit, hiked a lot, and had a picnic.

Overall, we had a wonderful day enjoying the beautiful weather.

   You alone are the LORD. You made the heavens, even the highest heavens, and all their starry host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to everything, and the multitudes of heaven worship you.  -- Nehemiah 9:6

Highlights of Christmas, Week 4 (Part 2 of 2)

Part 2 (the unusual part)
Arizona.

Day 1, travel-
Watched the sun rise from the plane, hung out at Houston airport, got told "war eagles," discovered "Real Simple" magazine, drove through Phoenix (it's really flat with random mountains), saw lots of cacti, ate at Cracker Barrel, drove 4 hours.

Day 2, Grand Canyon-
Saw the sun rise at the Grand Canyon, left the hotel in 10-degree weather, wore 6 layers of shirts/jackets, tried not to slip while walking on ice, took lots of pictures, saw lots of deer, ate really good chili, walked about 5 miles, froze my tail off, saw lots people in orange and blue, drove 2 hours.

Day 3, Sedona-
Saw lots of big red rocks, took more pictures, enjoyed the warmer weather, went jeeping (awesome), saw nothing but blue sky through the windshield, conquered the staircase, almost got lost jeeping, picked up tickets, drove by stadium, drove 2 hours.

Day 4, Glendale-
Slept in, went to stadium, circled stadium too many times (not intentional), hung out with friends, saw more people in orange and blue, screamed a lot, said "war eagle," watched a football game, stayed up all night.

Day 5, travel-
Arrived at airport at 2:00 am, slept on airplane, successful layover in Chicago, drove 2 hours to Auburn.

And that's the end of Christmas break.  I couldn't have asked for more.

"Let everything that has breath praise the Lord."  Psalm 150:6 

A Worn Path

I've made the drive to and from Auburn what seems like a million times.  Sometimes I really enjoy the drive but sometimes it drags by.  Driving home at the end of the semester, after exams are over, never fails to be one of those drives that I enjoy.  There's just nothing like going home and knowing I won't have to worry about school for a while.  It's a freeing feeling.

Once, when I was driving the route to Auburn, I found this above the road.  Now what you can't tell from the pictures is that it was about 95 degrees with 110% humidity.  As in, I could hardly breathe when I stopped to take these photographs.

Maybe if you drive 280 5,356,214,124 times, you'll run across a rainbow, too.