What a Weekend!

This past weekend has been amazing!  My family joined my parents at their cabin in the Allegheny National Forest late Thursday night.  In the past five days I:

• Visited the newly restored remains of the Kinzua Viaduct
• Hiked through the inside of a glacier rock
• Fished on the bank of a quiet stream
• Rode in a horsedrawn wagon
• Saw majestic elk peacefully grazing in a mountain meadow
• Found fiddleheads in the woods (didn't eat any though)
• Watched a black bear from the safety of the car
• Enjoyed amazing fresh salads with all of those crop share veggies.

Before my peaceful retreat, however, I accomplished much at home.  Including:

• Sun-dryed crisp new sundresses
• Planted flowers (and praying that it would rain while we were gone!)
• Bought a bale of straw for compost and garden (Have you ever seen a woman pull up to her subrurban home and pull a bale of straw and some peat moss from her mini-van.  Amusing I'm sure.)
• Researched and planned planting methods for my garden. 

Now I'm back.  I'm refreshed and energized, and that's good because there is lots to do.

Tags: camp, camping, retreat, vacation, gardening, straw, watering can, hanging clothes to dry