A "Beautiful" Break!

I took a "break" last weekend and went to the city to visit my daughter and her husband for a few days. It was so much fun. We laughed and visited and went garage sale shopping, talked about crafts that we want to make, ate great food and played with their puppy ANN. I had a wonderful weekend and had a great time visiting my long lost children. It was bitter sweet to head back home....sad because I would miss my kids and my break, but I was also looking forward to getting back home to my hubby and kids that I had left behind for a few days.

As I jetted over the mountain, homeward bound, I was AW-STRUCK by all the water that was running EVERYWHERE! It was running in every direction, so it seemed. It was hard to tell where the rivers and streams were really supposed to be because there was just water scattered all over the mountain tops. I knew that our rivers were overflowing because of the high snow pack, but it gave me an entirely different perspective on things when I actually came face to face with the source of our FULL rivers. THERE IS SO MUCH more water still to come down the mountains...its melting quickly and there's not only ALOT of water, but ALOT of power behind it. It's moving so rapidly that it almost seems as though you can watch the water gain speed as you stare at it. It was mesmerizing to watch it as I was driving, I found myself wanting to stop to snap a picture or two and just take it all in....BUT because of "ROAD CONSTRUCTION" I had to stay between the "orange cones" and was instructed to "keep moving"....so I didn't get any pictures to share (sorry)...but take my word for it, there is more water on the mountain side than I have ever seen before, and I have lived in this area for MOST, if not ALL of my life...the rivers are definitely going to be flooding for quite some time.

After a LONG drive of 35 mph speeds...I finally drove out of the orange cones and back onto "even pavement", double lanes and a place to pull over and stretch my tired legs. I got out and walked around a bit... admiring this favorite spot of mine, one that I have adored for many years. My pictures don't do it justice...but its a gem of a spot and I think it would be so much fun to live down there amongst the cows, the green fields and the wide open space...even if it was only for a weekend here and there...I would love it!

The river, of course, was "ROARING" and loud as it rushed over the rocks....

...and the wild flowers were blooming everywhere, yellow ones, red ones, purple and pink ones...

The desert is in full bloom and I am once again reminded of what a beautiful place I live in.

Yes, the snow that we've had definitely has given us a "greener" and more colorful

look to our desert this year...!