Pine Ridge Campground, Roebuck, South Carolina
Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. ~ Matthew 5:7 Have you ever had occasion to show mercy to someone? Has someone ever shown you mercy? What is mercy? Forgiveness or withholding punishment that is within one’s power to wield, such as a judge. What is the difference between forgiveness and mercy? Forgiveness is the act of overcoming anger or resentment toward someone we feel has wronged us. Mercy is withholding harsh treatment or punishment someone has the right to inflict. Given this definition, I think most of us deal with forgiveness on a regular basis, but few of us are faced with practicing mercy. However, the Biblical definition is a bit different in that it includes compassion, love, sympathy and deep caring. Mercy is also the act of giving or receiving care when it isn’t deserved. This is God. He has shown us great mercy, in the face of our sins before Him.
The weather still wasn’t great, but we ventured out anyway. It was fairly warm – in the low sixties, but heavily overcast. No rain though!
With all the rain, we were determined to find a waterfall somewhere. Boy, did we! Glendale Shoals Preserve and Waterfalls. We talked to a couple of locals who said they couldn’t ever remember this much water here before – one was a young teen boy, the other an old-timer. Also, the huge log under the bridge you’ll see in our pictures just appeared in the past day or two. Another one’s been perched on the rocks since time and memorial and they were surprised it hadn’t moved with all the water.
It was a great find, and we did a little walking around while we were there. The town was getting ready for their 2023 Reunion. It seems it’s basically just an opportunity for folks to get together and listen to live Bluegrass music and have a good time.
See the flat grass?
And it’s down from the past two days!
Unless someone gets under there with a chain saw, I doubt it’ll be moving anytime soon.
It’s much larger than it looks in the picture!
If we’d come yesterday, it would’ve been covered up.
Today the river is down quite a bit!
Certainly didn’t expect that!
There was enough here to feed a Panda for quite a while!
We didn’t walk much further than the steps.
After we finished up here, it was time to do some real hiking. Blaine drove us over to Croft State Park where we hiked the Kelsey Creek/Palmetto/John Lake loop trails.
but I say, you can never have enough beauty in your life – – or blog! : )
It was roughly the size of a quarter – with his wings open!
So magnificent!
It does!
Now we head back.
Dinner was a quick stop at a newer-looking Arby’s. It wasn’t very well cared for and the curly fries weren’t very well made. Too long in the oil maybe? Plus they were barely warm. Sandwiches were great though! We found ourselves second-guessing our decision and wondering if we should’ve tried the Bojangles next door instead.
We got in 11 ½ miles today, and it felt wonderful!