Hiking - Who Knew?

This past weekend, I had the opportunity to go to Big Bear for Step Off retreat.
I had an awesome time there away from tv, technology (sort of), mingling and having chats with people, eating together, praying, hiking together, and being one with nature.  I would rather go camping away from everything than to set one foot in Vegas.

I REALLY REALLY REALLY enjoyed hiking at 7 in the morning.  I was initially sort of intimidated because 7 yrs ago I went and had a horrible experience because straight up I COULDN'T HANG.  This time around, I really surprised myself.  I never knew I had that much stamina and I feel pretty fit :)  I never knew I would get to this point physically and I'm going to try my best to continue 'til I get old cus I wanna be a fit mom in the future and prevent health problems. (I gotta quit smoking though...)

Anyways...I'm so glad I went even though I was super tired the rest of the day and I had body aches & chills later at night around bedtime. It was seriously worthwhile.  Getting to the top, standing there looking over the trees and having that clear view was an instant reward!!   I would way rather go hiking than hitting up the gym.  That's for damn sure.