On Friday, hubby and I celebrated our 16th anniversary. He took off the day from work, I played hooky from all the many things on my to-do list, and we went hiking at one of our favorite state parks, Burgess Falls. It had rained the previous day, so the falls were flowing nicely. And the park and trail had that damp woods after a rain smell that I like so much.
Here we are at the beginning of the trail. A nice couple took our picture. Usually, we end up just taking photos of each other when we’re out on our own, but we lucked out this time.
There are four falls of various sizes along the riverside trail. This is called Middle Falls.
And this is the big falls at the end of the trail. You can actually hike down to the bottom, but we’d done that before and decided not to this time since it’s a pretty strenuous hike back up. This is the view from the platform that hangs out over the edge of the bluff. Hubby even walked out to the end to take a peek even though he’s not a big fan of heights.
On the way back to the parking lot/picnic area at the trailhead, we walked along the easier route of the service road and came upon this little guy. Hubby said I should say in this post that I kissed the toad, and he turned into hubby. 
After our hike, we enjoyed a picnic of sub sandwiches and chips beside the river. It was a wonderful, pleasant day, and I’m glad we got out and communed with nature before it turned off cold this weekend.