A Different Kind of Exercise...

I haven't been getting enough exercise lately

(lately being the last few years)...

In fact, I've been way too deficient about getting

the ole heart a pumpin' up in that target range...

So today I decided to do something about that...

and, of course, I talked my dear ole' Farmer Boy into doing it with me

(because that's just the kind of thoughtful person I am).

~

What I had in mind was to do a bit of climbing...

that would work, don't you think?

OK, OK our car did most almost all of the climbing,

but believe me,

 on some of the roads we drove today,

my heart did a WHOLE lot of pumping.

 You see there's nothing like meeting NON compact type vehicles

on one lane roads, located on the side of mountains,

 where there are no pullouts when you need them

(we did avoid meeting any logging trucks though).

And then there was that little drive on

a certain narrow, graveled, somewhat twisty, really gnarly forest road

that went UP

and UP;

was NEXT to at least one horrific drop off

with a beautiful

views of waterfalls and other things,

 but (gasp) no guardrails and

few places to get turned around to really give this heart a workout

(let's just say Aimee got OUT of the car while her sweet cliff loving hubby

got the car turned around)...

Aimee handles drop offs and cliffs MUCH better on foot than in vehicles.

 

Yep,

little Aimee's heart got quite the workout...

 

By the way, we saw snow...

laying on the side of the road, in a pile, in shade snow...

but REAL SNOW

(and shockingly we weren't in the Cascade Mountain range when we saw it),

Oh...I should say there were a few other things that got my heart a pumpin'...

like the gunshots we heard really, really close by

(gulp),

clambering down a steep slope to the river...

(yep, it looked pretty funny I'm sure but I did make it)...

you know the little things that make a d Saturday drive 

not just a drive but an adventure:)

Have I said how much I LOVE the PNW in springtime?

Have I said, that even with the handful of heart stopping moments

Aimee LOVED her Saturday adventure...

well except for that one gnarly forest service road:)

 

What are you doing for 'exercise' these days?

Blessings,

Aimee

 

PS: Don't you think cute, white dog needs a new leash?

Something a little (lot) less ratty?

(blush)

It was strong enough to prevent not afraid of water cute, white dog from being

carried away by the swift river current today

(thank God),

but still I think she is quite embarrassed about it.

 

Photos:

Oregon's Coast Range (highest point on drive/walk approx. 3,000 ft)