Time for a Change of Scenery

There is time this morning for a cup of coffee while sitting in the rockers on the screened-in front porch.  It’s cool and clear and there are trees everywhere you look.  So calming after last night! Everyone finds something for breakfast and packs a little snack for the road and after a leisurely start we head for High Falls State Park, about an hour and a half away.  It’s an uneventful drive, filled with laughter and stories and a continuing discussion about the election and the future of the country.   High Falls is on the Towaliga River, which cascades over a bedrock of High Falls Granite.  We stop at the Visitors’ Center for directions to the hiking trail and we’re off.  The path follows the river past a series of cascades roaring their presence.  The four of us make our way for quite a while until Marilyn and Connie decide to head back to the car while Ginger and I continue onward for a while longer.  At one point a white blur charges by, startling us both!  It turns out to be an