Nature Trail Fun

yesterday morning my roomie and i woke early to see out our plan we made the previous night to go for a nature walk. about 10 minutes away from our neighborhood is a big stretch of woods that has a small trail (about .5 miles) and a longer trail (1.5 miles).. but the longer one splits off of then reconnects with the small trail, so you're actually doing both.. hence the reason i just say it's 2 miles. but i digress. the weather was about 70 degrees and the trees shaded the majority of the place so it was a very nice walk..

 

then last night i was telling my little sister about how nice it was to get out of the city, away from traffic and pavement and people.. so i agreed to go back the next morning with her! lol..

i had alot of fun this morning and because i'd walked the trail the day before i had a better sense of direction (yesterday got a little sketchy when we hit an unexpected fork in the path.. but we made it!). today we got an earlier start and it was colder, but we decided to run the hills we were faced with and they kicked our butts and then the cold wasn't an issue anymore :) i also had fun taking pictures then playing with them on my camera effect app i have on my phone..

i would really like to make this a weekly activity until it's too cold to bear. i'm aiming for sunday mornings but this is one thing i really will not go do if i'm alone. i'm tough.. but not "fight off a mountain lion/chainsaw-wielding killer" tough. i know i know.. fat chance of that happening.. but still! not going a mile into the woods alone and that's final! 

now i'm going to relax and enjoy the remainder of my day off.. rainbow cupcakes just may be in order tonight if i have the energy :)