Ride to the Country

October 29, 2009

It was a beautiful fall day...

so we decided to take a trip to the country.

Explore the dirt roads that call our name!

Steve installed the new throne for Sophia.

There were some grunts, but

he got it installed!

The dirt was muddy clay...
EVEN BETTER!!

Can you hear the Jeep salivate?

There were log trucks running in and out...
made for deep muddy nasty rutted out
FUN!

Two wheel drives, just stay home.

The leaves were trying to change!
Not the brilliant colors that we usually see,
but still wonderful.

YES!
Gosh Almighty Road.
Although small...some debris.

Driving across the creek is my favorite part.
Nice set of shoals.

Nothing beats clean country air.

Sophia passed out somewhere along the way.
She didn't even move when a leaf fell in the Jeep
on her face.
That is some good napping.

We found a turkey feather in the road.
Steve sharing it with Sophia.
Made for a cool play toy during the ride.

We stopped at the Price place.
Steve remembered hiking out and hunting
near some really big rocks.
We parked the Jeep , and set out for

a walk in the woods to find them.

As if he'd been there yesterday, Steve walked straight to the area.
You follow the ridge to the creek and boom.
Huge rocks that make a little shelter.
I named it "tombstone" rocks because of the huge sliver that

has broken off and jabbed into the ground.

Getting a closer look and feel of the Muscovite schist.
(Oh yea, I'm whipping out the geology 101 here)

Here Sophia is checking out a turtle shell
that we found!
She flipped it over a few times.

After taking a moment to take in the view,

the sounds(turkeys), air,

We hiked back to the Jeep and headed home...

get ready to trick or treat!!