Adventures in Mountain Climbing

    Tess and I have many adventures when we get to be together, this one was so much fun! Here in Little Rock where I (Joe) am from, there's the famous Pinnacle Mt. that Arkansans love to frequent. Tessa heard lots about it from my ranting, and before she came, we decided that it would have to be an activity added to our daily schedule. So prior to her visit we had planned our week out and crammed as much as we could in the short time we usually have together. We went to Marshall's, bought her a water bottle and a really cool Storm Trooper mask, jumped in the car and made our way down the road to Pinnacle Mountain.

We absolutely love star wars, and had to have the helmet. It simply made the climb that more interesting. (It was a voice activated mask. Including, uttering like: "Look sharp rookie," GET DOWN," and "we're on the attack!")

When driving up to the mountain Tess kept saying how awesome it was and how pretty it was (I think the mountain is manly...just for the record). We even stopped so she could take pictures of it on the road driving there. She's such a girl. =D 

     We arrived and it was so peaceful that day. The weather was great and we actually expected it to be much colder, as we arrived in our sweaters. Mistake. We changed, filled up our bottles and embarked. Tess kept asking if it was going to be difficult, and i would tell her no, knowing that i was going to eventually take her up a harder part of the mountain when there is a V in the path.
   











On the part of the way up that was more comforting and peaceful, we took gag pictures with the mask.

                                         Needless to say, we know how to mountain party.

The real struggle was yet to come, and when we got to that place of struggle it wasn't welcomed well by the mighty little Tessa Grace. Her poor little self was so tired at some points, but she was always a trooper (pun intended) and marched her way up the mountain!

Finally we reached the top after a while of sweating and struggling (on both our behalf's  and there was the beautiful Arkansas, next to the only more beautiful Tessa. Its moments like these we can capture in a second and realize how much the world has nothing to offer you compared to what God has given you. God gave me my best friend, and She is more beautiful than all the mountain views in the world. The depths of my affections towards her are endless and i am blessed by her every single day.

We made our way down the mountain and continued on with the rest of our day, but this was the story of our first mountain climbing experience together. Praying for many, many more in the near future!

- Joe





Seriously,...I'm in Love Yo.

- Joe