Our Adventures Through City and Backcountry
on Saturday we hiked 5 miles it was fun and beautiful I enjoined it I loved the view. I hope we hike the trail again. (Ellie is pretty tired, so Molly is going to do the typing for the rest of the post.) Last night I was the only person who was warm enough. I […]
Read More Caping and hikingAhh, it has been a long weekend. On Saturday morning we went to the science center. Then we got in the car to go camping. Yes we went camping. We set up our tents and then we went on a 5 mile hike in Matthiessen State Park. Then we went to two bars for […]
Read More WeekendZak Molly Zoe Ellie Are you excited to go camping? In mid-November? When the low with be 41 degrees? Yes, but more for the hiking than camping. After our Morton Arboretum excursion a couple weeks ago I’m ready for another trip. It’s too bad we don’t live closer to Colorado. Yes! Wait, more like, yeah?!? […]
Read More Pre-Camping InterviewThe camping aspect of next year’s trip is adding this element that is just outside of all of our comfort zones. Zak and I haven’t camped in 11 or 12 years when we took a three day canoe trip with friends to the Ozarks. Until two weeks ago, we didn’t have a lick of camping gear. […]
Read More More PrepToday we went to Morton Arboretum. Ellie decided she was going to be our tour guide. Her number one rules were you can not be in front of her and you can not complain. After we had lunch mom wanted to take a selfie. Ellie did not want to. She said “Tour guides don’t take […]
Read More Tour Guides DON’T Take SelfiesI was the tour guide today . I led the whole way. I felt really frustrated.it was the worst hike ever. Because everything was bad. I spent my whole day hiking. It. Was boring. Mmy day waas bad. It was the worst day ever.
Read More HikeToday we took advantage of the beautiful weather that materialized to get in a hike at the Morton Arboretum. We used to take the girls there regularly when they were younger to play in all the impressive kids areas. Occasionally we ventured a bit further onto the trails for a picnic or some mild sight-seeing, […]
Read More Fall Training Hike and RT16 Planning UpdateFor the first time ever, we did a family themed Halloween. Zoe was a hiker, Ellie a park ranger, Zak was a mauled hiker, and I was a bear. Pretty fun! We had to dig through the rubbermaid in the garage labeled “hiking stuff” to put together pieces of the costumes. And without even realizing […]
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