I woke up this morning in a positive
state of mind … and that mood stayed with me all day long.
I’m confident it is here to stay 😊
For a while – too long – positivity
stayed just on the fringes of my grasp; there were times I felt it was within
reach … only to find it skittering away again on the winds of life’s upheavals.
But,
while walking around Lake Sacajawea this morning, I felt a definite change
taking place; a firmer settling of my inner being; a brighter outlook.
Not only will I be working
harder in 2022 to shed those pesky pounds I gained in 2021 burning up the road,
and eating on the road; but I will be working harder to keep my Spirit balanced
and healed by a positive state of mind.
Lake Trail Hike.
There was a message for me at the Lake this morning.
There
was an available parking spot … so I nipped into it 😉
I walked around the entire Lake.
My legs held up; and my Spirit was buoyed up.
Middle section; I generally park the Highlander in the Kessler Blvd. parking lot, and start from here.
A pink Azalea has already burst into bloom; the Azalea and Rhododendron Garden - middle Lake section.
A bit of cuteness.
A retro dash of flash; I'm a sucker for vintage automobiles - and I love bright colors.
Lion's Island is open for foot traffic.
Location of Lion's Island, Lake Sacajawea - Longview-WA
Some extra 'milage' on my Lake Hike today ...
Middle portion of the Lake; view from entrance of Lion's Island.
Totem pole at end point of Lion's Island.
Colorful Wigeon ducks; drake with yellow stripe, and his plain red-headed hen mate.
It's time to start redeeming the time ...
Lake Sacajawea Basketball Court.
Memorial Plaque.
Here, I made a decision to walk the entire hike route. Lower end return loop, past hospital and back towards Ocean Beach end of Trail.
Switching old water gates out for new, updated ones.
Making the 'downtown' return Loop curve; Left = freeway access Striaght on = Lewis & Clark Bridge to OR, & Right = Ocean Beach Highway, home.
The opposite side of the Park can easily be seen as you hike the trail.
The heather is in bloom - and new foliage growth is showing bright.
There is no over-street crosswalk here, so I'll duck under the bridge to bypass traffic.
Keep your head covered walking under here - notice the brid droppings along the fenceline! A mating pair of geese swam by ...
Back to Lion's Island – this time on the Nichols Blvd. side of the Lake.
These courting geese got very loud, very quickly when other water fowl got too close to them; Canadian Geese.
Upper end of Trail, which loops back to the Kessler Blvd. Lake Parking Lot; the end of my 4-mile hike.
A direct halfway mark on Nichols Blvd. of where I started this hike, on the opposite Kessler Blvd. Parking Lot.
Foot traffic in the Japanese Garden area of Lake Sacajawea Park (zoomed in); Japanese Garden background info -
Ocean Beach Highway - upper loop of the Lake Hike; final leg back to the Highlander.
A Herring Gull - the size of a chicken.
A black-billed Juvenile Western Gull info:
The Trail hike can easily be stretched to a 4-mile hike; which I tend to do 😉
I enjoyed my morning hike.
All of my being feels refreshed, and fully
engaged in a positive frame of mind 😊
**SHABBAT REFLECTION during my hike this morning (https://jeastofeden.blogspot.com/2022/02/shabbat-reflection-redeeming-time.html)**
