Nature Friday

 In opposition of Black Friday, we chose to spend our day out in nature instead of joining the masses in a glut of consumerism. We headed to a little known spot that doesn't get advertised so guarantees us the peace and solitude we seek. It mostly hugs a band of rock on a nameless mountainside.

Eventually the way forward narrows as the world falls away to both sides.

The end of the journey is here on a point of rock with a 270 degree view of the world for miles.

Since the point is a fairly short hike and the day still young, I set off along a section of river that is usually lightly traveled but highly scenic. Above is a picture of a spring that trickles down a rock to a nearby ledge where it cascades down into the river below.

The river below flows through a multitude of channels between the rock face I'm standing on and the one across the river from me. Right now the bulk of the river flows up next to the opposing bluff. Two years prior, it ran up against the bluff that I am standing on. Time changes things.

Time has allowed for the low water bridge over the river to be repairs. It was destroyed last year by the very flood that moved the main channel of the river from the near bluff to the opposing one in the previous photo.

Time hasn't changed the beautiful green color of the river though.

Even with signs of the turmoil it went through last year still present.

I suppose that is why I still love coming here and taking pictures on a day when others are ransacking shopping areas for ways to spend less money.