Rocks in the Creek

We went to Otter Creek today off of the Blue Ridge Parkway!

We planned to hike, but we forgot to grab Eliot's backpack on the way out.  No worries.  Eliot immediately began throwing rocks in the creek.

Chris prefers to hike or run trails.  He likes to explore and find new places.  I would much rather find a beautiful place to sit all day and watch the sun move slowly across the sky.

As Eliot tried to throw every single rock in the creek, we found a good balance between exploration and appreciation of the details.  I told Eliot that those rocks had slowly been working their way up to the shore for hundreds of years.  And then he was throwing them back to the middle of the water all over again.  Who knows if that is really how rocks travel, but I'm sure a rock doesn't care where it sits.