A little bit of Heaven @ Pine Valley

 On Monday we took a chance that by afternoon the campers and picnickers would be taking off.  It worked.  The crowd had thinned enough that when we hiked our special waterfalls trail, we only heard one other bunch of people and they were on their way down.  We hiked up one way and found a new, better way to come down.  The high waters of past years had pretty much washed out the original trail we had always used.  We hiked upstream after the falls as far as we could until it became too much of a bushwhack.  Then we came back down to a favorite camp spot and ate lunch in the cool, sweet air with the breeze swishing in the trees and the stream making music in the background!  Oh how I love being able to at least hike some and see such beautiful places even though Paul's sore foot and my our out of shapeness keep us from some of the hiking we used to do.  This is one of those heavenly spots that we can still enjoy!  After we got back down we called Bean and he picked up dinner and brought it up for us to eat a picnic at the closed Visitor's Center.  Then we took an after dinner hike around the back of the campgrounds and enjoyed it all to ourselves!  Happy Memorial Day!  Thanks to all who gave to keep our country free and bless the lives of  so many others with freedom as well!