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Time for another hike! Not really. It began as a search for wild horses. I had read in an article that there are wild horses roaming around near Mount Charleston. The pictures looked pretty cool so I set out to find these cuties. My husband said they were at Lower Bristlecone. Which is one of many trails in Mount Charleston. It is about an hour from the strip, but you are going to love the views. On a good day you will be able to have the roads all to yourself. Photo shoot!!!    Now here is a fun fact. I get deathly cold. If it is 77 with a breeze I need a jacket. Since it is generally the fiery depths of hell in Vegas I was not expecting there to be snow still. Hence my tank top and knee leggings...Well in Mount Charleston it can be 20 degrees colder than Vegas. Totally forgot that part. My husband is always freezing me out in the car. So now I have to have a car blanket. Thank God! I do not think I would have survived without it. There was freakin snow on the ground still! So welcome to my winter pictures in the middle of summer :-)   Now this hike was forecasted to take 2-3 hours. That obviously did not happen if you take a look at all the pics from both our albums. Smh…It really cannot be helped as it is all so picturesque.    The hike is relatively easy. It is a bit up hill in parts, but you will make it just fine. My favorite part was having the trail all to our self. We saw a total of about 5 people throughout the hike. Gives you a lot of time to be one with nature. I just love the peace and quiet you can get in the mountains.    Remember how I said it’s a way longer hike while taking pictures? Well...Good Lord we were out there forever. We spent a good 6 hours out there. AND we did not finish! The sun was starting to go down. You know what that means? It gets colder. So we decided to head back. So sadly we saw no horses...But, who can really be sad with views like these!? I loved every bit of it.
Oh! You may have noticed a purple tint to the pictures. I decided to play around with some color to add a little something extra. Let me know what yall think :-)
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 On the road again….So who loves roadtrips? WHY!? It takes soooo long. Endless sitting!!! Although, yes I do that on the couch...BUT it’s different. We decided to drive all the way over to the Redwoods because Big Sur was closed. It is an eight hour drive from there. We figured if we got tried we would just stop somewhere for the night. I was so invested in my NPR podcasts that the long car ride did not register. Of course there is just so much to look at on the way.  These little sculpures were on top of a hill across the street from a framer’s markert. I love how art can be anywhere.  I thought it was pretty cool to go over the San Francisco bridge. As cool as it was I think it was better taking pictures of it from afar. It is more epic that way in my opinion. But, now it is now in my history book.  There is just something about this tree. I love it so much! It reminds me of God and the burning bush. What do yall think?  I guess I never really thought about Cali having rolling hills of green. This was very reminiscent of Ireland. It is gorgeous out here. Yes I know everyone and their mom wants to live out here. But, I was thinking it was more for the water and weather. Growing up in Texas if you wanted to do road trip you are gonna get some flat dry land. This is the beauty of traveling. You will always find gems that you were not expecting. As we continue to drive the longest drive of my life we arrive at a road block. At this point it’s around 10pm. We really want to get to the hotel already. The cop came to our window looking all omniscience. He informed us that the road was closed due to another landslide! What!?! We had already booked a hotel for the night in Eureka. The cop said we would have to take a two and half around go around to get there. HELL NAH! This was getting crazy!
Now change of plans. To be honest I am not sure how we ended up at our next location, but it was the best part of the trip.  It was so moody outside. If definitely added a special charm to everything. I left the pictures unedited so you can see how it really looked. Enjoy!         It was amazing have this beach to ourselves. It was so windy and cool. It totally ruined my hair by the way. If you ever decided to go it’s called Kehoe Beach in Point Reyes National Seashore. We decided to get back in the car and drive back to Monterery. We loved the Arbor Inn so much we decided to stay again. But, first...sunset…  Hope you enjoyed our crazy road trip. We have to come back to actually see the parks one of theses days. Hopefully all will go as planned next time...
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