Carvings

The last time we went fishing, I noticed this tree.

How romantic is that! I have never before seen a tree with initials carved into it. I always thought this was something that only happened in the movies. It made me wonder who RS and BA are, and how their initials ended up on this tree. Were they on a date, when suddenly one of them whipped out a knife and carved his, or her, endearment into this tree? Is this the markings of someone who loves another from afar? There are so many possibilities, and I am certain I will never know the truth. This kind of makes it even more romantic for me.

I wanted to see if any other trees held initials, and almost fell over when I saw this:

Do you see the JW? Those are my initials! The funny thing is, as you can tell, whoever did this was too lazy to actually carve the initials into the tree. They used a red magic marker!

The RW wasn't there when I found it. Ryan carved his own initials into this tree.

I kept looking around at the trees, hoping to find something else. I thought maybe I would find a carving by ted murphy or something.

No such luck. But I did find something even better:

Can you see the "I heart M"? This was Brandi's attempt to carve I Heart Mom.

How sweet is she?