I got home a couple of days ago from spending nearly a week in Oregon. I spent several nights at Silver Falls State Park in Sublimity, Oregon. It's a lovely 9000+ acre park that I've wanted to visit for years. I used to have mobility problems, but I had a total knee replacement just about two years ago, and I am so grateful to be able to go enjoy myself, hiking around a beautiful park like this.
I met my friend Susan who I went to school with in Eugene, Oregon, many years ago. She and I have done lots of walking together whenever we visit with each other, so I figured she would be up for some hiking. However, now she is the one having knee problems, so we were a little limited in how much trail we could eat up. But that's okay--the park was so beautiful, I'll definitely want to go back and try it again sometime, perhaps with my husband, who would have no problem with a 9-mile hike to see all 10 waterfalls at the park.
It was great having a few days in the woods before plunging into the next phase of my life. It's been a little over two weeks since I had my last day at the job I worked for 10 years, and now I'm completely self-employed as an artist and eBay seller. On the way home from the state park, I shopped at thrift stores along I-5 and spent one night with friends in Portland.
I listed a lot of stuff on eBay before I left on my trip, so a lot has sold and I've been busy packing and shipping since I got home.
I also got a lot of inspiration for my artwork on this trip. I probably won't be trying to create a mosaic version of a waterfall, but the juxtaposition of water, rock, and foliage made me think of new ways to combine mosaic materials.
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