In this case I was lucky enough to get 2. Two days off, this week, where the crisp Autumn weather allowed me to take some lingering walks along Nine Mile Creek near my home. Pictures can't properly convey all the scents, sounds, and feelings experienced. And I'm afraid the cellphone pics do little to begin to do justice to the natural beauty that I experienced the during my adventure, but they will, hopefully provide me a platform to the great memories when the weather turns more brutal in the next few months.
Days like these are our reward for living in this great state.