Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Barkley to Big Rock Garden

Terry and sculpture named "Hope"

Today fourteen Senior Trailblazers gathered to walk around five or six miles from Barkley Village to the Big Rock Garden and return. We are so fortunate to have this wonderful sculpture garden, with so many wonderful trees and bushes from all over the world to enjoy as well. We were last here in the spring, and today we saw beautiful maple leaves turning every possible color.

Brilliant maple

We all expected rain to keep us from completing the entire walk, but we were graced instead with dry weather and mild temperatures. We walked up and down around a thousand feet in our six miles, but it wasn't difficult and seemed quite perfect, actually, as we chatted and enjoyed the scenery as well as the company.

The group, plus me behind the camera

Here we all are, having a wonderful time in the beautiful lush environment of our trail, and at this time we are all nice and dry and happy to be out and about. By the time we started back towards our starting point, we felt a few sprinkles, but nothing much. However, just like last week, by the time we got to the cars, there was more rain coming down, making me wonder if we are just lucky or if somebody Up There is looking out for us. Whatever the reason for our dry walk, I'll take it! We enjoyed being out and about for yet another beautiful day in Bellingham.

:-)

11 comments:

  1. Lovely. We got our walk in this morning and expected rain but it never arrived here, just a few sprinkles.

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  2. Love that happy group. Outdoor sculpture gardens fascinate me - and how considerate of the rain to allow you to complete your walk.

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  3. Well I call it luck, and I hope it continues for you.

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  4. You're lucky with the rain staying away. In your area you have to be ready for precipitation.

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  5. Glad you were able to have a lovely hike... and the rain held off just as you needed it to do. And we're supposed to have 'cool weather' tomorrow... we shall see.

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  6. Perfect recipe for a great walk.

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  7. Love that Hope sculpture! Lucky you to be able to do this with friends.

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  8. Somebody up there, I think. ;)
    What a beautiful walk!

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  9. We have been dodging the rain recently too. It doesn’t keep us in though. Such a great time of year!

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  10. How wonderful to have this in your "backyard!" I love sculpture gardens but there are only a few here with few sculptures and some are even private and are only open for special ($$) events.

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