On Saturday, the 19th, we decided to try out the hiking trails. We decided to take on a 4 mile rugged trail through the woods. No we do not hike on a normal basis, but you don’t have the opportunity every day to hike great trails, right? So why not go all out? That’s exactly what we did! By the way, the temperature for the day was in the 90s…and very humid. So here we go!!!!!
We packed up several cold drinks and small food items and headed off. Sydney started with the backpack, Joe with London on his back, and me with the camera:) The rest followed in line as we headed into the woods.
We started out feeling great with smiles on our faces.
There had been a bad storm the night before that made the trails VERY muddy and left behind a few fallen trees.
All I can say is boys will be boys. That is a very large worm that Harrison grabbed, and he is standing on the trail, in the mud. The rest of us dodged the water and mud as best as we could….not Harrison. He just trudged right through whatever was on the path.
Taking a break along the trail…starting to sweat pretty good.
Picture fun on one of the lookout stops.
The sun was VERY bright.
On the road again…we started picking up walking sticks at this point. Although Harrison decided to collect firewood…only Harrison.
A bug friend…anyone know if this is a moth or a butterfly? I vote moth.
The lookouts were beautiful…the sky was sooo blue!
The firewood is getting heavy.
Love this shot.
Taking a break.
Right about now I was wishing they made these for adults…but then again who would carry me???
Back at it…now everyone has a walking stick.
Ahhh, a cool creek. How about splashing a little on our faces? Nah, the boys just stuck their heads straight in!
You know it was hot if Sydney was willing to stick her head in too:)
Harrison is now up to his knees in creek water…crazy kid.
Yes! The sign we’d been looking for!
It looks like Holland is still hanging on to her smile! Here we are at the end…4. hours. later!
It turned out to be another great day!
Looks like a great time! I'm sure they'll remember it for years. I still remember when I was in middle school and my family and I hiked the longest trail around Mackinac Island. It was long, hilly, and hot, but we still think of it as one of the best days of that vacation. How's your knee holding up?
ReplyDeleteThanks for asking about my knee...funny thing, I took my brace off after the long hike and it had stopped aching so I decided to leave the brace off for a night to see how it was. I hadn't slept well up until that point as it had been waking me each night. Anyway, I haven't had the brace on since and it hasn't bothered me a bit...it's like it never happened.
ReplyDeleteJoe and I did the Mackinac thing when we first got married...fun place would love to return sometime. Those long trails bring about some great conversations, and memories!