Leaving it all on the side of the River

There is an unexpected thrill at taking off your sneakers and just leaving them somewhere, hoping they will be there when you get back.

This weekend Chris and I decided to surprise Vicki for her birthday. She and her husband are up in Ithaca NY for the summer, I thought I had been there before but I was wrong, but either way I found Ithaca to be very beautiful! Its a town full of sweeping mountain views, deep gorges and rivers. We spent most the weekend hiking and exploring. We decided to just take our shoes off, jump in the river and hike up and were rewarded with a waterfall that was put there just for us. We went swimming and watched the crawdads nibble our toes. Chris and I are not normally the kind of people that would take off our shoes and leave them somewhere, let alone jump in a river that we had no idea where it lead. It was nice to leave behind planning for a weekend and just do something, embrace adventure and life.

Its easy to get bogged down by the little things and I hope Chris and I left some of those on the side of the river too. It was great to see Vicki and Ray and have a little adventure. Now this weeks adventure will be buckling down and working, working, working until Artsfest!!!