Baltimore book Festival

Eric and I took the chance to enjoy Downtown Baltimore during the Baltimore Book Festival. We took a walking tour of the neighborhood and learned the F. Scott Fitzgerald lived in Baltimore multiple times. We also got to go into the Peabody Library which was gorgeous. The library in Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" was supposedly modeled after this library. King Peggy was a keynote speaker that we enjoyed while we were there.

Shenandoah National Park

On September 19th I went hiking in the Shenandoah National Park. I will be honest: the hike killed me. The pain in my knee made for a long trip back to the car but the moving and being in the beautiful outdoors made it all worth it. A few leaves were starting to change and the views were gorgeous. Dana gave us a lesson in poison ivy so we stayed rash free and the highlight of the trip...we saw a bear! As we were driving out of the park a black bear ran across the road in front of our car.
We had hiked up to see a waterfall and all we saw were wet rocks; pretty but wet. Not the best time for waterfalls.

Joined the selfie club!

 

Ali and I enjoying the sunshine and the leaves starting the change.

 

 

I love the starkness of this tree especially compared to the lush green surrounding it.

I general I am not a very active person but I am amazed how much better I feel when I get up and move, not only physically but emotionally as well. The goal now is to start moving more often so then it isn't quite the battle to get moving.

Squirrel

I was getting ready for the day and looked out the bathroom window and saw a squirrel on our patio door. The poor guy was stuck there for hours before Animal control was able to set him free.