Those Spare Moments.......

“Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value will never be known. Improve them and they will become the brightest gems in a useful life.” 
                                                                                                                                                      ― Ralph Waldo Emerson

A Memorial Day Weekend hike at Liberty Loop Trail on the NY, NJ border.

Family Hike - Appalachian Trail

Taking advantage of these "close, but not close enough" spring-like days, we decided to get a much needed nature fix. We hopped onto the trail in Jersey and took it as far as we could. The recent flooding made it impassable at one point, unless you were prepared to take off your shoes and roll up your pants.

A detour into the woods found us a couple of snakes, holding hands and straddling a log to cross over some water and a walk over a rickety bridge. It was an adventure.