Wandering - its good for you

So I really enjoyed my running away day...

For the most part I was able to escape from the topics I have been 

stewing over and just concentrate on the details around me...

There is something very cathartic about roaming free with my camera...

I am a social person and easily get depressed when I'm alone too much...

But when I have my camera and I'm focusing on what is around me I don't have time to think about anything else...

Is it creepy that I took a picture of this girl and she had no idea?

I left the house around 7:15 and arrived in Astoria around 9:30...

It was overcast when I first arrived...

Astoria is a place I have been through many, many times...

It a place we drive through on the way to the beach...

It has never been the destination...

So it was fun to wander along the water discovering what was there...

After about an hour there was nothing but sunshine...

I wished I had a boat...

I didn't see any for hire...

I wanted an Art Wolfe opportunity...

Wherever he travels he always has boats, helicopters, planes whatever at his disposal so he can get the shot...

This baby was right beside the road...

I was able to pull over get out of my car and walk up to her/him...

Mom was near by...but they weren't concerned with me..

I eventually wandered across the bridge to Oregon and visited both North Head Lighthouse and Cape Disappointment Lighthouse...

When I arrived it was foggy...

But I kinda am loving the black and white thing right now and fog is perfect for that...

Even though it was foggy it wasn't cold...

Which made wandering very comfortable...

I found trails I had never hiked on before...

Wandering...

Its good for the soul...

One of the trails led me down to this lovely beach...

I had it all to myself...

It was sunny, warm, calm and amazing...

I was very thankful to have that time...

And honestly I did not want to come home...

Except that I missed my boys...

They have a serious hold on me :)

I am trying to embrace the time I have...

Its difficult...

I HATE the question "so what are you doing with yourself now?"

Because I just don't know...

But I'm learning to be ok with that...

I'm learning to appreciate what I have right now and make the best of it...

not feel guilty about it..

My brother-in-law sent me this text yesterday...

"I will be glad and rejoice in your love, for you saw my affliction and know the anguish of my soul. You have not handed me over to the enemy but have set my feet in a spacious place" 

Psalm 31:7,8

Frychik