Hiking with the wifey

A few weekends ago through some random work scheduling I had a Saturday off. I knew that I wanted to do something with just Jennifer and I immediately thought about taking Jennifer to the Pinnacles in Berea to hike. I had only been there once with my little brother but I had really enjoyed the hike and the views. We dropped the kids off at MiMi's and headed south on I-75 to Berea. When we arrived the parking lot was packed full and I just thought there were going to be a lot of people out hiking because it was the weekend. However, when we got up closer we found out that it was some kind of festival and all the hiking trails were actually closed for the weekend. I was totally bummed because I had wanted to hike there, but we had no other choice then to head on back to Lexington. Trying to salvage the day we decided to try and go hike at Raven Run. This would be our first time there without the kids and I wanted to try and walk the whole outer loop. Jennifer was up for the challenge so off we went.

The wifey and I on a bridge. The creek was pretty dry.

Pretty neat area down by the creek. Can you find me?

There I am under the rock.

I am such a lucky guy that I get to call her mine.

It is so peaceful out in nature and something about flowing water only makes it that much better.

My beautiful wife down by the cascading creek.

I captured this picture on our way over to the overlook. I thought it was pretty brilliant way to capture an image with nobody around to snap the picture. I made a video and then took a still image of the video off my phone. I love how the leaves in the front are all in focus and then us in the background.

View from the Overlook. With it being a Saturday this was a pretty popular spot and didn't seem as peaceful as normal. We spent a few minutes looking around before heading out.

I found a nice little ledge to relax on under a rock overhang.

My beautiful wife at the overlook.

Just sitting on a rock wall. Just a little before we made it to this area we got to witness a tree actually snap in half from the wind blowing it too hard. A family had just walked right under it when it started to fall. Thankfully nobody was hurt.

We were also lucky enough to spot 3 deer on the hike out. I was surprised because there were so many people out hiking.

One last picture of us at the overlook. 

After being upset that the Pinnacles were closed it actually turned into a pretty awesome day hiking with my wife at Raven Run. I am so glad that we are able to occasionally get some time to ourselves. Jennifer really is my best friend and we sometimes don't get to spend as much time being a couple as we would like, since being mommy and daddy has become our bigger role. Maybe one day I will get to take Jennifer to see the Pinnacles. Thanks for reading and God bless!