Last week, I shared a few photos of our camping trip to Premier Lake. Some days were too windy and rainy for kayaking, so we chose some hiking trails, too. One day, we hiked to Cat’s Eye Lake. Why is it named this? I don’t know! But it was a fun little trek partly along this tumbling creek.
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Bridges are pretty utilitarian on some of these back-country trails!
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Rebuilding Hearts (Independence Islands 24) by Carolyn Miller
Destination: Romance (Roadtrip Romance 1) by Amy R Anguish
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The Billionaire’s Best Friend (Billionaire Next Door 2) by Elizabeth Maddrey
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I didn’t hike down to the lake itself, though some of our group did. But it sure was beautiful from the top of the hill!
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Valerie Comer is a USA Today bestselling author and a two-time Word Award winner who writes where food meets faith and fiction. She injects experience laced with humor into her green clean romances. Her life on a small farm in western Canada provides the seed for stories of contemporary inspirational romance. Like many of her characters, Valerie and her family grow much of their own food and are active in the local foods movement as well as their church. She only hopes her creations enjoy their happily-ever-afters as much as she does hers, shared with her husband, adult kids, and adorable granddaughters.
It does look beautiful.
I enjoyed your pictures. Thank you for sharing. Blessings
I love your pictures! Makes me want to go hike there, too!! God’s beautiful creation! I’ll never understand how people can be out in nature and think it all happened by accident! You can see God in His creation, how diverse it is!!
It really was!
I’m glad you enjoyed them :)
Isn’t that the truth!!!! Nature is so amazing, beautiful, and interconnected.
The photos are beautiful, and it looks very peaceful. Congratulations to the winner . Sounds like a great week. Have a Blessed Sunday.
Thank you, Alicia!
lovely pics
Thank you!
Okay now you have me wanting to visit your part of the country Valerie! What beautiful pictures, I can imagine it’s even more so in person. I don’t do a lot of hiking, but have done some just for fun over the years. Being out in God’s creation is just so relaxing :-)
Oregon coast has so many different waterfalls & lakes too with many places to hike. When my husband and I first married, we took our honeymoon and 1st year anniversary exploring along the Columbia river. Stopped at Multnomah falls, Horsetail falls, Bridal Veil falls and walked around some of the trails. I want to do that again soon because it’s such a gorgeous place. Reminds me of the pictures you’ve shared. I had to look up Cat’s Eye Lake, wow!! Stunning! :-)
Congrats to this weeks winner! Happy Sunday IR
Hi Trixi! We love the Oregon coast, especially Cape Perpetua. Last time we were there was November of 2019, and we stopped at several of those falls you mentioned, too, on our way by!
Stunning pictures. Thank you so much for sharing. Congratulations. God bless you.
Thanks, you too!