I am truly loving our new house and its location. I’m literally a 10 minute drive to my office which is amazing and we’re also super close to grocery stores, gas stations and shopping plaza’s. To boot, our house is surrounded by a state forest. Which means lots of mountain bike and hiking trails, woods and pure nature! Some mornings we wake up to wild turkeys gobbling and running around our yard. After being here for almost two months, it’s finally starting to feel like home. Things have found their place and all the noises and shadows at night are becoming comforting and familiar.
I love the fact that we have trails right outside our door. It’s probably one of my favorite things about our new and fabulous location. Sitting on our back patio literally makes me feel like I’m in the woods and wilderness. It’s quiet, it’s peaceful and all the better it’s mine! Yesterday, while my husband was out on his last long training road ride for his upcoming event this weekend, I decided to venture out on the trails by myself. Before that, the only times I’d gone hiking on them were with my husband. I was admittedly a little nervous to be out there in the middle of the woods myself. What if I got lost? I made sure to bring a bag with my phone, water, snacks and my iPod and thought to myself, “It’s just another backyard hike! Let”s so this!” Once I got out there I remembered a lot of the trails I’ve already hiked and ran with my husband, plus I paid really good attention to where I was going so I could retrace my steps. I took one wrong turn on the way back and realized it about five minutes later. The entire time I tracked my hike using my mobile app Strava and when I saw the map when I finished I realized my wrong turn would have brought me back to a familiar spot which is great to know for future hikes. My husband was pleasantly surprised that I “braved” the wilderness by myself because I mentioned a few times I wasn’t quite comfortable going out on my own. But the truth is, loved being out there investigating on my own. It gave me a lot of time to clear my head and think, and I have A LOT of crazy and wonderful thoughts going on right now that the peaceful alone time did me was therapeutic. I felt liberated when I got back home. A silly fear of going out in the woods turned into nothing to be afraid of at all and now I can’t wait to go back out there either solo (or with my hubby) again!
Here are some of the pictures I took yesterday!