Either the time goes by extremely fast or the fact that I put the PRO in PROcrastinator...
Wait, me a procrastinator?! NO way... It MUST just be the fact that time really does fly by... ;)
The first part of our trip to Missouri and Arkansas was spent boating, swimming, tubing and cliff diving in the beautiful Tablerock Lake. It was also spent exploring an underground cave and a famous haunted hotel.
The second half of our trip, which I'm going to be talking about in this blog post, was spent fish frying for the 4th of July, checking out a magnificent spring cave at the Roaring River and also the dazzling Beaver Lake, plus climbing up an extremely high tower in order to get an incredible view of the Ozarks.
Here are my favorite pics from the 4th of July. Don't you just love our patriotic colors? :)
Next up is the dazzling cave spring in the Roaring River located in Southern Missouri. The Ozarks of the Midwest were named one of the 7 {underground} wonders of the world! The Ozark mountain range is filled with caverns and mines that date back generations. Believe it or not this particular cave has a depth of over 300 feet! The color comes from a combination of the dissolved limestone and the depth of the water. The color is almost hypnotizing-- it was SO pretty...
I'm deathly scared of heights just as much as the next person, but I will never pass up the opportunity to experience a beautiful view even if it means climbing up a 200 step lookout tower on a very windy day.
Us at the top of the tower. {Tyler didn't want to make the climb-- I don't blame him, I almost peed my pants on the way up! But shhhh! Don't tell anyone.}
One of things I love most about Rob is that he is just as spontaneous as me. He's perfectly content driving with no intended destination in mind. Just give us an open road without map and we are good to go. We take those dirt roads that others are too scared to. Or what I like to call "The roads less traveled". How else do you expect to get photographs no one else already has? Well our spontaneousness {yes, that is SO a word} is what led us to this incredible view of Beaver Lake.
Well that concludes our trip. We had such an amazing time. To my wonderful Aunt Terri and Uncle Steve: THANK YOU, so much for having us as guests in your beautiful lake front house. Thank you for the laughs and the good times and for all the fun boat rides. We miss you guys a lot and are hoping to come down there again sometime in 2012. Love you both! xxoo
