I'm really bad at blogging...

It's been a little while since I've written. I keep taking pictures thinking "I need to blog these!" I guess I'm still not use to doing this regularly so please forgive my lapse of time.
It's been a few weeks now but recently Jacob surprised me with a romantic dinner/hike. He told me to wear comfortable shoes, he packed up dinner (sandwiches and Vernors) and we headed out on a surprise adventure. We drove for about an hour until we reached a state park in Maryland called "Cunningham Falls."
We hit the trail in search of the park's name sake. It was a beautiful evening with the sun just behind the trees so we could enjoy one of the final days of cool spring temperatures. Maryland keeps surprising me, I have to say, with it's diversity and beauty. I guess I've been so close to the capital beltway for these 2 years that I forgot there's more to Maryland than D.C. and Baltimore.
The hike was peaceful (we took the easier option since we were already hungry) and ended at the picturesque Cunningham Falls. It wasn't like regular steep waterfalls that I was use to seeing. It's more of a giant rock with a river flowing down it. The first thing I spotted was the "Warning" sign; the first thing Jacob spotted were all of the adventure-seekers climbing the steep rocks. He naturally wanted to join in, I naturally wanted to eat.
After much debating, me sounding like a "chicken" and a little bit of dinner, Jacob headed up the steep sloped without me. I stayed back to "take pictures." This is precisely the moment I remembered something about myself. I don't like to be the chicken in my group. I'll wimp out if other people wimp out with me, but I refuse to be left behind. There's nothing like a good dare to get you climbing. It wasn't too hard (it's was DEFINITELY not easy either!) and I made it up the rocks to surprise Jacob. Of course Jacob wasn't satisfied with his feat either so he had to go one more step and climb out to the rock that NO ONE was on that hung out OVER the waterfall! This time I did NOT follow but stayed behind to take pictures.
It was a fun afternoon. I am glad I ignored the warning sign (or rather Jacob ignored it for me). If I hadn't, I would have never seen Maryland from that particular view!