Wednesday in the Word-Mountain Trip-Scene 2

Happy May! I wanted to pop in and share a few pictures from my month of April which seemed to fly by quickly. As I am trying to catch up with my blogging friends today I realized it had been a month since I last posted. My mercy! But, I am so busy doing this thing we call life here on earth and enjoying every moment that I can. With my immediate family of 14 there is never a dull moment y'all! We had three family birthdays in April. My SIL David, granddaughter Adalynn and oldest granddaughter Raygen. Our favorite grandson Conner (only grandson) carried his girl to the prom. We had to snap at least one picture with Mom and Nana! Two of my elementary school friends and I get together at least once every 4-5 weeks so we went to breakfast and then to Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens. We always have so much fun. The gardens are so beautiful that I couldn't even attempt to snap all the pictures I wanted. There are so many beautiful paintings to look at this but this was one of

Wednesday in the Word-Mountain Trip-Scene 2

If you missed my Scene 1 (yes, I am pretending like I am doing a movie) you can go here to see the beautiful cabin we stayed in and the location information. http://creationsbycindyphotography.blogspot.com/2014/03/tuesday-toots-mountain-trip-scene-1.html

For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving. 1st Timothy 4:4

We truly did have a wonderful time in the mountains. I can see why Florida residents like to live in the mountains at least half of the year!

I can assure you that we ate and we ate well! Our first stop is to Kroger's to buy groceries and our menus are well thought out and planned ahead of time! We usually go out to eat a few times while there but for the most part we eat a big breakfast and supper. Of course you gotta have snacks along the way....right?

Snacks from the Bass Pro Shop...more on that later!

First night is always-------STEAK! We cook out a lot at home but nothing any better than grilling on a porch over looking the mountains!

Medium rare Sirloin steaks, baked potatoes with sour cream and butter, roasted peppers and snap peas!

I was flipping through this little book in the cabin and read about Metcalf Bottoms which so just happened to be about 1/2 mile from the cabin. Beautiful little river with lots of picnic tables, restrooms, fishing and more. And FREE!

I loved this picture. I do believe I will put a scripture on this and enlarge it for my home! Loved the serene look of the river.

If it had of been summer my grands would have had a ball in this river!

There was people along the river fly fishing and they were all women! Not that it shocked to me to see women fishing but found it funny that every single person we saw fishing was a woman! Well, somebody has to bring home the supper right? I snapped this picture as we crossed the bridge to go hike! YES I said HIKE!

This trail doesn't look like there is much to it but trust me! It was steep. It just kept going UP and UP and UP!

It was cold....but my man shed his jacket quick like!

I decided after a ~~little~~ lot of huffing and puffing that there was no sense in us both gasping for breath so I decided to let him go on ahead and I just ZOOMED him in with my camera as he made it to the finish line! It takes WORK to snap those pictures!!!

After that ~~hike~~ walk I had I was ready to go back to the river and play!

On every single picnic table there was this sign....glad the bears was asleep!

The area that we actually stayed in was well known for it's bears. So much so that prior guests had pictures of two bears that had run through the cabin we stayed in! YIKES!

Enjoyed our time at Metcalf Bottoms.

Now after all that exercising how about a cup of coffee?

“For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving.” -1 Timothy 4:4
Read more at http://www.beliefnet.com/iLoveJesus/Features/10-Scriptures-on-Gods-Goodness.aspx?p=3#Deaxu56y2i8SqmAY.99

May we all be mindful of our gratefulness to our Lord for the things that we take for granite daily. If not for Christ where would we be?

Tune in later when I might invite you to breakfast.........LOL!

Hugs and blessings, Cindy

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