(2) - A day in Nature

What a better way to spend Martin Luther King day than going to Farnsworth Canyon in Southern Utah and hiking around all day and repelling from 200 feet cliffs.  What an adventure.  Literally this morning I went to bed at 4:30 to get up at 5:30 to hit the road with my cousin Cees, his lovely wife Madison and their best bud Franklin.  We got to the canyon at about 9:00 and started hiking in.  What a climb. Over rocks and sand we marched.  We got lost, we found our way, we slipped, we struggled, but all in all we had a good time hiking through nature at its best.  It was a cool hike. We worked our way up the canyon and eventually after scrambling over rock, snow, and mud we reached a plateau that brought us to the anchors where we clipped in and after some encouraging I swung myself off the ledge to slowly repel down to the canyon floor.  It was so exhilarating! Such and adrenaline rush.  I loved every second of it.  I can tell you one thing, my whole body aches. I need a hot shower and a massage.  Too bad it's 1:30 in the morning and all the massage spas are closed.  Well, that'll be another day.  One grand lesson I learned today is that the Lord is big.  He has created wonders and all we have to do is get outside and enjoy them! If we don't, we are wasting these precious gifts that God so kindly has given us.