Taking Our Kids To A Sp💀💀ky Place!

Hello everybody, I am very excited to participate in Wednesday Walk this week! 😄 Recently our young daughters informed us that they wanted to go to a "scary place -- so we decided to do just that!

The beginnings of our journey led us onto a trail, for we had an idea in mind for where we wanted to take them. On a community golf course happens to be a well-known attraction. Granted, it is now an ABANDONED attraction, but nonetheless! 😄

(On the trail!)

(Our youngest daughter, full of energy 🥰)

Along the way, we happened to spot a teepee that someone had built. It is quite common to stumble upon teepees in our forests; many people set them up to hang out for a few days, then leave them 😅 Naturally, our girls wanted to go take a look...

And so they did! It was their first time being inside of a teepee, and our oldest daughter was sure to let us know that it would become our "Peppa house" 😂 If you are unfamiliar, she is referencing a children's show about a family of pigs 🐖

(Our oldest daughter "decorating" our new home)

(The three of them making their way back onto the trail)

(A lovely shot of ancient pine trees -- I really like this one 💗)

As we walked further along, we came across ANOTHER teepee! 😄 Of course, the girls went to check out this one as well. They had a great time!

(Our youngest daughter, peeking through the wall of trees)

(Our oldest, waving hello)

I saw some moss-covered rocks. I friggin' love moss, man -- the texture is sublime 🤤 I once saw a tutorial for a moss bathroom rug, and I thought that was AMAZING...

I took a quick photo of the waterfall at the bottom of the trail. We have come to this location so many times that I have too many photos to count! 😩 But this waterfall is just the first of two that are on the trail. We are very fortunate to live in the most densely waterfall inhabited region of the world! 🌊

We finally made it to the 😱 SCARY PLACE 😱 In all honesty, it is just an abandoned ski lift! Yes, before the area turned into a golf course, it used to be a ski resort, so people would ride the ski lifts to get to the top of the hill. Technically our hill is a mountain -- an escarpment, if you will -- so you can imagine how high the climb was! 😨

The girls enjoyed themselves, and we were able to capture this wonderful family photo 🥹🥰 It's not often that we are able to get a picture of us ALL as a family. We can get mommy and the girls, we can get daddy and the girls -- but never all four of us! 😂 So this was great... I'm very thankful for my husband for capturing us 💗

Time for the walk back. We took a few more photos along the way; I think they both look great here 😁

There was a train yard nearby and I happened to spot some cool graffiti that I liked. I tried getting a decent shot through the trees...

The girls had so much fun running down the hills as well 😂 They spent most of their time falling down, but my husband was able to take this great picture of them!

(My husband's photo of the girls -- beautiful! 🥹)

(Of course, here's one of our youngest daughter falling down LOL 😁 she was okay, do not worry!)

As we began to make our way back home, we saw this billboard along the way, and I thought it was great... There was a message at the bottom right hand corner that said Hebrews 9:27:

"Just as people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment."

And what was perhaps the funniest part of our entire trip was this ☝️ little guy right here! We first encountered this bug at the mall, before we had even departed for the trail! After several hours of walking, we finally went back home, I changed into a fresh set of clothes -- I looked down to find this guy again! 😂 The strangest part was we had never picked him up, but he had found his way onto us somehow!

Thank you so much for joining me in this week's Wednesday Walk! 🙏 Like I say, we all had a great time, but most importantly it was so refreshing to enjoy the rare day of spring weather ☀️ I cannot wait until the nice weather is here to stay! Until next time, enjoy the rest of the week