This weekend a few people from Walter Drake went on a hike to Horsethief Falls near Divide, about 45 minutes from Colorado Springs. While the waterfall wasn't quite as big as I was expecting, it was still a beautiful hike. It's been a really long time since I've just gone hiking and it was nice to get out into the woods. Because of all the rain we've been having lately everything was exceptionally green and lush, kind of rare for Colorado. One of the main things I've missed about western North Carolina is the variety of trees and plant life and how verdant it always is, so it was refreshing to see a little bit of it here in Colorado. 
This moss especially reminded me of NC; there are so many varieties of moss everywhere you look. I liked the small red things that looked like antennae poking out of the top and it was so soft when you touched it.
There was a super cute little boy who came with his dad on the hike; he held onto the Camelbak tube most of the time and drank from it whenever he wanted. But if the tube fell out of his hands he'd wait for his dad to reach back with the tube and he would just open his mouth and wait for it to come to him, which of course it never did and finally he would grab it and hold it again for a little while. Adorable!
The waterfall was smaller than I thought it would be but was still a very pretty place and the water was cold and clear. Amazing to think of how long it took for the water to carve out the little channel for itself into that huge rock.
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