Adventuring

A few weekends ago, some of my friends [Nikki, Celine, Madelyn, and Jake] and I took a 2 hour road trip to Tunica Hills Waterfalls to go hiking for the day. We arrived around 12:20ish, stopping at a run-down, thrifty kind of shoppe at the entrance. There were a bunch of old trinkets, like dolls and books and mirrors and rocks and it was really nice to walk around and admire everything that still managed to be holding up, considering how old they must've been. We hopped back in Celine's truck and rode down the gravel road for only a bit more until we reached the hiking grounds. We quickly got ready, spraying on some bug spray and making sure everyone had enough water for the hike.

~Onward!~

We started off around 1. The beginning was just fine, it was mostly downhill walking, except I preferred a light jog while going down, it didn't involve as much energy use [lol] all at once plus it was easier, except for when you had to try and stop without falling off the sides! We continued hiking until we got to a creek; which we had to climb straight down some rocks to get to it, but it was totally worth it! (Yes that is me in the tie-dye being motivational). For the most part, Me and Celine stayed walking in the actual creek while the others walked mostly on the dry, sandy area. We eventually ended up running into what we think was a dead end, so we turned around and took a different route. On our way, we found a mini waterfall and a deep pool-ish area where Celine and Madelyn dove into as soon as we spotted it.

~Cool Off~

We chilled here for a bit and just enjoyed the journey. We eventually got going again, even though me and Madelyn had blisters on our feet, but Celine didn't [Chaco buddies for life! The go-to shoes no matter what]. Right here is Celine and I checking out Madelyn's foot. But don't worry, we were fine, even with our huge blisters. Oh well!

~Chaco Buddies~

Anyway, we kept on. We hiked and hiked and hiked. There was so much incline to cover; which was extremely challenging. But we did it!..with the help of water and Jake, who motivated us and even gave Nikki and me a little boost every now and then since we're so not the athletic type. We ran across a guy who was on his own, resting in the shade against a tree trunk; which he looked to be out of water, so I offered him some. Jake ended up pulling out his water bottle before I could even reach into my backpack. But hey, the guy got some water, and that's all that mattered.

~Inlines~

We hung with him for a bit while we poured the bottle into his camelback and recovered a bit. We ended up hiking for nearly 4 hours until we finally came across the second biggest waterfall in the park, the biggest one was way too far and we couldn't find it, we had hiked nearly the entire map....nearly...it was difficult considering Jake was pretty much the only one of us that could correctly read the map. Go Scouts! We rested by the waterfall for a long time. By then, I had drunken 7 bottles of water!

~Madelyn~

I ended up not even playing in the waterfall because I was so exhausted plus I had forgotten an extra pair of clothes and I didn't want to take the 2 hour drive home in soaking wet clothes, so I chilled on a rock, with the company of Nikki, while Celine and Madleyn played in the water. It was nice to see her smile again. That's a whole different story that I won't be going into on here. Anyway, after cleaning and packing up, we headed on home; windows down & music up. 

After we dropped everyone off, Madelyn, Jake, and I ended up going to Subway because Madelyn was hungry and then we went and laid on Jake's trampoline in his backyard, watching youtube videos and staring at the stars.
It was all kinds of rad.