End of Summer (postscript)

Well the very same day that I posted about the "End of Summer", after almost a month of dry hot weather, the north wind began to blow bringing with it much cooler temperatures, and wait, is that raindrops I see on my car's windshield as I am nearing home from work?  Why, yes it is!  Hallelujah!  It's raining!!

 Oh my goodness!  Thank you Lord for this rain!

            This is so awesome!   We are loving this!

And I am so thankful to be under our carport looking out.

 That's right, it is good to be under cover staying nice and dry when it rains.

These are the thoughts I was having as I was watching the rain come steadily down.  Especially since I have allowed my friends Stephanie and Mary to talk me into dragging out my backpacking gear, which has been safely tucked away for the three years since I thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail, and get ready to go on a backpacking trip with them on the Ouachita Trail.  Here is our first photo together, with our packs on!

                                                  Mary, Stephanie, and me

I know, I know, I said many times that I would never backpack again.  Never say never!