No, not the country… Holland Lake. When Pepper’s other sister, Jeanele, came to visit immediately after Cil, we asked what her family wanted to do. They had a few things in mind, but left it to us to recommend some local hikes. We’d really enjoyed Holland Lake a couple of weeks earlier, so we decided to head back there. Once again, it didn’t disappoint.
Here’s my beautiful girl on the shore of the lake.
The weather was more overcast than it had been during our first visit, so there weren’t as many kayaks on the water. I liked this shot of a lone paddleboarder.
Holland Falls was just as magnificent.
For some reason, the mist wasn’t quite as strong (maybe a lack of wind?) so we didn’t get drenched when we stood too close to the falls. So we struck up some poses.
Dave was practicing his photography technique, and asked me for some tips. I was flattered. I found that most of what I told him started with, “Well, my brother told me you should do this…” It was kind of fun being the teacher instead of the perpetual student.
The lake overlook is awesome. We took a lunch break and snapped a few pictures.
A chipmunk visited us. He was clearly not afraid of people… not a good thing.
He even begged for some nuggets from Jeanele. (“Hey lady, got any nuts for me?”)
That tells me he’s pretty used to getting fed by people on the trail. It makes me sad when people feed wildlife, since the food is generally not good for them, and it makes them dependent on handouts.
I found a couple of cool trees along the trail.
Luke was practicing some photography as well.
Yep, Holland Lake is a good one. I suspect we’ll take a lot of our visitors there.