Hiking near NYC: Sterling Forest State Park

This trail was amazing, about five miles of pure serenity, with river crossings and a few steep climbs. I recommend this for any first time hikers that want a long, quiet, beautiful great high/low hiking trail.

Spanish guy and I were all smiles and the length was just right for us. The weather was amazing today as well, 65 degrees. After hiking along a flat road and up a light hill, we had to take off our shoes to cross the river, and the sensation on the bottom of our feet felt like a cold stone massage.  At the beginning of the trail we passed by (what we later found out were) relics of former mining activity. Old beautiful abandoned buildings from the 1700's They were beautiful and erie. The hike ended with a few short steep rocky paths and brought us straight out to our car. It was perfect for our Sunday afternoon. We had a nice lunch afterward.  

Oh yeah, it's only 45 minutes from NYC as well!

Hubby crossing the river

blocking the bugs from getting in my hair

gorgeous.

Spiritual Energy Balance and Life Experiences

I have family visiting.

my family. 

They visit a lot, so to switch it up a bit, we took a little road trip to Pennsylvania to go hiking and participate in Halloween activities in the country! By night, we went to a haunted house in the mountains and then on a haunted hayride which kicked us off and made us terrified by walking through the corn fields to escape! By day, we went to a pumpkin festival, and drank hot cider with cinnamon in the oversized general store, we went to a petting farm and rode a ferris wheel. It was very charming, and a nice change of scenery. I felt happy and didn't want to return to the city...

hiking in the Pocono Mountains

la feria de pumpkins!

the pumpkin festival in Pennsylvania!

the autumn leaves

my love and I relaxing after the hike

But when we did, my cousin and I decided that we would get our palms read. I've done this before and they are always spot on.

after our readings

This time, among many other things, they told me that my spiritual energy balance is off and that although I am successful in most areas of my life, I'm not satisfied. I was thinking, how the heck does she know that! I didn't tell them anything about me!

So now I'm on a mission to get my spiritual energy balance back so that I can be satisfied with what I have. Don't get me wrong, I appreciate EVERYTHING I have and all the experiences I get, but theres always a craving for more, and I've expressed that in this blog over the past four years. Maybe its a good thing, because I'm always striving for more and it pushes me to do extreme/unique things!

Any thoughts?

**So many different themes appear here, sorry for the lack of structure, thats what I get for not writing more.