Autumn is moving right along....it's been about 3 weeks since it began and it's odd but here in Eastern NY it is still feeling like late summer. I'm not complaining..I am LOVING this mild autumn weather.
Let's pause and take a breath to look back on the week and find FIVE of our FAVE moments or things that made us smile in gratitude to God. Then join in by linking up with Susanne!
FIVE FAVES
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| Cheryl and Cindy on the trail to Stony Pond Central Adirondacks 7 October |
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| Me at Stony Pond photo taken by Cindy! |
- THREE TRAILS/ONE SATURDAY! Last weekend, due to the long weekend, I had planned on hiking with my long time friend Cheryl. Well, another hiking friend of mine decided to come too and since Cindy is from my area, she rode up to the Central Adirondacks with me where we met Cheryl early on Saturday morning. We decided to do THREE trails in one day since all three were quite easy. What fun we had! The first hike, to Stony Pond (really more like a small lake) was only 2.1 miles in from the road and although it began to rain, we loved every minute along this beautiful trail. The trees up there are just about at "peak" color so we were hoping the sun would come out for the next trail on our list...and it did! Below are some scenes from the other 2 trails we did that day. The first was the Boreas River Trail to the Hewitt Eddy which was only 1.2 miles one way. The last trail was to Rankin Pond which felt so isolated even though it is only .4 miles in from the road! The scents of autumn were everywhere as were the colors!! It was such a glorious trip!!
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| The Hewitt Eddy on the Boreas River Central ADKS |
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| Rankin Pond Minerva, NY Central ADKs |
- APPLE PIE! Sunday after church was a day filled with housework and errands because I took my Sabbath rest in the mountains the day before. By the time I got home, my husband Dave had left for a Sunday evening writers workshop so that left me time to bake an apple pie. Oh my...the scent of the baking apples and the cinnamon with the nutmeg just made the house smell heavenly. It was a wicked humid day so the central air was on and for that I am grateful as well! I was laughing with my daughter as we don't ever remember the autumn weather being this hot to where we needed the AC on to bake a pie!
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- SHOPPING! On Columbus Day, Courtney and I traveled to Lee MA to the outlet stores there. It only took us about 45 minutes to get there and even though it was raining, we had a lovely time together. We shopped for new work outfits at this place. Then we ate lunch at a fabulous wrap place and made our way to the shoe store where I snagged these adorable booties. I love them and they are so comfy!! I wore them to work once this week and my feet felt fantastic in them. And the best part was everything we bought was on sale! I even did a bit of Christmas shopping! It was a super fun and productive day and I'm glad my 24 year old gal still loves to shop with her mama!
- COOLER TEMPS! On Tuesday, and back to work day for all of us, our area experienced cooler temps and a full day of sunshine. I was glad to open up the windows and get the house aired out again after having the central air on all weekend. I love sleeping with the windows open! And I'm so happy the high humidity has left!
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| the Perimeter Trail on the ridge (a 2.4 mile loop) on Peebles Island State Park Capital Region, NYS |
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| A spot to rest along the Perimeter Trail next to the Mohawk River 12 October |
- AFTER WORK HIKE! Yesterday was just one of those perfect autumn days.....blue sky, bright warm sun and cool temps (about 64 when I did this walk between 3:30-4:30 pm). As soon as I left work at 3 pm yesterday, I knew I was going to head to the state park near my town. I'm so glad I wore boat shoes to work which can also be ok on a trail. I loved every minute of my solitary walk. There were other hikers there as well but they were on the trail either way in front of me or way behind me. There are 3 main trails at this island park...I did one I haven't done in a while which is the longest one. It goes around the perimeter of the park. I took so many photos but the ones shown here are the highlights of the different parts of the trail.
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| interesting tree along the trail on the ridge |
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| The Mohawk River as it flows towards the Hudson River |
Whatever you have planned for this weekend, may you find peace, rest and time to savor the little things!
6 comments:
What lovely hikes you did. The photos are lovely. And love those boots. Glad you had a good shopping trip with your daughter - fun times indeed.
It has been quite warm here, too, except in the early mornings. The apple pie sounds luscious. What a great shopping trip! Glad you got some good hikes in.
Your apple pie sounds wonderful!!!
You are lucky we have real autumn weather I wished they would erase autumn from the season card !
I love that two of your faves are hiking! [Since returning from our trip, we've only walked in the evenings in the neighborhood.]
Did you know that I live in the town where the big outlet mall is? I will go there if I really need something, but mostly I avoid it.
Have a great weekend!
The fall colors in your pictures is gorgeous. Very cute boots. I need to get a new pair of flat boots like that too. So nice that you had a fun time with your daughter. And now I am craving apple pie!
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