So, today 8:45am, I arrived at Alina's house and we made sandwiches to eat at the top.. like a reward our bodies? Hahaha. I got directions from Mapquest- BAD MISTAKE- a 15 minute drive ended up as a 60 minute drive! Goodness, I followed The Old Road to its dead end. I never expected us to have an adventure even before the hike... God is good to us! Anyways, arrived at our destination and had another adventure trying to find the entrance to our trail. Really, is it just us or the place? I think..... it's us. ):
Hike was a-maaaaaaaa-zing. Trail was great.. though we got a little confused due to lack of signs! We met a snake along the way, freaked out, didn't know what to do(?), and got help from Alina's Boy Scout brother. We're too funny.
Then came along another great adventure or rather trouble? We were supposed to make a round trip if we wanted to finish at the same area as we started, but we didn't know that at all and we continued down the trail.... it spit us out onto a random street over a fwy and there was absolutely nothing there- not even space on the side to walk down the street. We almost hitch-hiked... woohoo.
I didn't plan on going on this hike to spend some time thinking things out, praying, seeking, and worshiping, as soon as I started the hike I was reminded of Niko and I took the opportunity to spend a valuable time throughout the hike. Read Psalm 147 and Exodus 3-4, sang a bunch of songs outloud to myself and Alina (she had no choice) like a maniac. Entire hike was about 3 1/2 hours long and the whole adventure on the deserted road was about 1 1/2 hours.
I can do this again any day... won't make the same mistakes I made today, though.
God was definitely behind all this!
AHAHAHAHAH.... LOVED IT!!!!
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