Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Delightfully Living in the Clouds

We spent Thanksgiving at Mount Magazine State Park in Arkansas.  Each family was assigned a cabin overlooking the valley below to stay in.

When I looked out the glass doors that lead to the deck our first morning there, here is what I saw. It truly looked like we would be walking on clouds if we stepped a few yards away from the cabin.



When I looked just to the left of our cabin, this glorious sight came into view. The clouds truly looked like they were glowing in the early morning light.



Looking back off the deck an hour later the sky continued to lighten up and the clouds appeared to have lost some of their puffiness. If you look carefully in the back of the picture, you can see the flat top of a neighboring ridge.



As the day went on the clouds lifted off from their perch over the valley and took flight. There were strong winds that pushed them away and kept my hair fluttering around me as I took this shot.



Even as the sky became a deeper blue the clouds stayed with us. The wind died down some and the day became warmer.

By the time we started our walk to the Mount Magazine Lodge for Thanksgiving dinner, we could look across the landscape. Our cabin is in the left hand side of the picture.


JDaniel loved searching out bugs and other wildlife under this now vivid blue sky as we walked. We came across a dozen flying grasshoppers on our way to lunch as well as a walking stick.


Mount Magazine was a truly wonderful place to hold our family reunion over the Thanksgiving holiday. I have more pictures I will share with you later as well as the adventure we had sleeping in the airport on our way to Mount Magazine. It will be up tomorrow.

This post is linked to Mrs. Matlock's Alphabe Thursday and several Wordful Wednesday link ups!


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56 comments:

  1. what a stunning view! I just love the idea of being in the clouds! well above the clouds! How special! Glad you enjoyed your Thanksgiving weekend!

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  2. How beautiful! That looks like a wonderful place to have thanksgiving, kind of gives you some perspective on being thankful.

    Happy you had such a fab holiday.

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  3. These are just gorgeous ... what a view, looks like you could just walk across the clouds!

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  4. Breathtaking. I need to put that on my list of places to visit! :)

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  5. wow that is crazy!! It totally looked like you were living above the clouds!

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  6. I've never seen such a sight. How amazing to be in the middle of that. Thanks for sharing.

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  7. Oh my goodness! I want to live there! Thank you for sharing these gorgeous shots!

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  8. I've never been to Mount Magazine, but I've heard it's lovely. I have gone to Petit Jean, and we loved it.

    Thanks for sharing! Happy WW!

    http://thegreenhouseboutique.blogspot.com

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  9. Wow! Such gorgeous photos! I'd love to see this up personal!

    Glad you had a wonderful time with your family re-union.

    It's interesting how the kids finds things we'd normal just walk pass.

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  10. This is soooo awe-inspiring!!!! I have never felt so blissful over a set of photos. Just lovely. What an experience!?!

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  11. Gorgeous. So glad you had such a nice time!

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  12. Breath taking!! What a neat way to spend the holiday!

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  13. um, wow! i don't think you could've picked a more beautiful place for Thanksgiving.

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  14. That is so beautiful - wow. I would LOVE to see that in person.

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  15. What a wonderful way to spend Thanksgiving! I might do something like that next year instead of cooking for 200 people!

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  16. What a beautiful and your photo;s show us so well.

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  17. Looks like heaven! I'd love to do this with my family someday. I wonder if there are so many of us that cost would be prohibitive. I think I'll look into it.

    =)

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  18. Wow! What gorgeous photos of such beautiful surroundings! What a great time for a family reunion. This must have been a huge undertaking for the coordinators....what a great way to celebrate your family and the holiday. I almost expected to see Priscilla and John Alden coming up that road! Fabulous. Visiting from Jenny's. xo

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  19. Oh my goodness, you were just completely blessed! Being with all your loved ones to celebrate, and gee what an amazing place to spend your time together...you should all remember this Thanksgiving for a long long time to come!

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  20. What a precious time - great photos and the stuff great memories are made of! found you over at the link-up. What a nice home on the web you have. :)
    would love for you to come over and visit anytime! @ http://robinlynnsroad.blogspot.com/2011/11/street-flowers.html
    Blessings!

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  21. The clouds - what a breathtaking sight! I loved how you described it - I felt like I was there to watch the clouds change. Glad you had such a great Thanksgiving! :)

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  22. What a great way to get together! Love your pictures, makes me love higher altitudes even more!

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  23. Reminds me of my days growing up in the San Francisco Bay area and watching the fog roll in and cover the bay. There's something so peaceful about being above it.

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  24. Oh my gosh. I LOVE it. Love. Love. LOVE : ) How fantastic is that? Clouds outside your window. So pretty!

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  25. What an absolutely gorgeous Thanksgiving you had! I truly love your photos. Very beautiful! I think you must be very grateful for such a wonderful time and making memories with your beautiful son! Hugs Anne

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  26. Those photos are so beautiful--wow! Looks like a perfect place for a Thanksgiving reunion. :)

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  27. That is amazing. How did you resist going out there and walking through them. Cool~

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  28. That is such a cool view from above the clouds.

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  29. I see what you mean -amazing! What a treat, on top of being able to be together for Thanksgiving:)

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  30. That looks so beautiful!! What an amazing place to spend Thanksgiving!

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  31. This place in the clouds - and your images - really ARE delightful! And looks worth getting to, even when that means a night at the airport!

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  32. Wow what beautiful views! I would love to wake up to that every morning!

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  33. What a gorgeous place! And what an amazing trip ... except for the airport-sleeping part. =>

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  34. Thought I commented, but guess not...
    SO BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!
    It is like a magical place up there :)

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  35. Wow! What a fantastic, memory-making way to spend Thanksgiving! And those clouds are something else. Great job capturing them! :)

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  36. That was a beautiful set of pictures. Thanks so much for sharing!! =)

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  37. This looks like a lovely place to visit. Either those clouds are low or you were way up there.~Ames

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  38. Hello.
    It really does look like you were living in the clouds. I like how the scenery changed as the day wore on.
    Beautiful photos.
    Thanks for sharing & visiting. I appreciate the comment.

    Daydreaming

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  39. Your selection of pics is excellent :).

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  40. The first few pictures were incredible. It's gorgeous there!

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  41. Love. Love.

    Love the idea of walking on clouds!

    Those pictures are truly delightful!

    I'm so glad you shared them with us! This sounds like a neat place to vacation!

    Thanks for letting us tag along!

    A+

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