Clear Lake

No, this is not a beautiful tropical lagoon. It is however, the most beautiful water I have ever seen. To think, that this piece of heaven has been only a little over an hour from home all this time, and I didn't know it.......astounding.



Since it was midday; there really weren't any shady areas on the water around the lake, so we opted out on renting a boat. We instead, hiked until we found a nice quiet little shady cove on shore to relax in.

We spread out our quilt, pulled out our cold drinks and snacks, and kicked back.

TIME FOR REFLECTING

Mother may I go out to swim,?

Yes my darling daughter,

Hang your clothes on a hickory limb,

But don't go near the water.

After sitting on the bank for awhile, I had been hearing people diving and swimming and enjoying themselves on the other side of the trees and shrubbery next to us. Hmmm, I thought, maybe the water wasn't as cold as I thought. Perhaps a little wading is in order.......

OH MY LANDS! Eeeek! My feet were so red when I got out. That water was liquid ice.

I sat down to dry off and couldn't believe those people's ironman endurance!

And then I caught a glimse of reality, when this guy's friends went trekking up the hill, in their matching outfits............

COMPLETE WITH GLOVES!





Again, I say: IS THIS NOT BEAUTIFUL?!

After leaving the lake, we stopped by several water falls.

The first was Sahalie:

I've never seen one with so much volume and brute force!

Koosah was a beauty too.

It was a wonderful time of relaxing, refreshing and rejuvenation.

Perfect.

Necessary.

One never knows when the upcoming week is going to include a little person chucking crayons.... in the toaster.

or

unraveling a couple of rows on a crocheted afghan in progress,

or

falling down a whole flight of stairs.

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That was just today,

between 4 and 7 pm.

Maybe it's time to go back?