To celebrate our ninth anniversary, we played hookie yesterday, hit the road and climbed Saddle Mountain. It made me want to play hookie much more often. I think it clears my head and makes me more productive. And it’s always nice when you’re out of cell phone range and return to voicemails bearing good news. Like an offer on our house we gladly accepted. Best anniversary gift ever.
Mt. Ranier, Mt. Saint Helens, Mt. Adams:
The Great Pacific:
Last year she spent her trail time asleep in the Moby. This year, a new perspective. From way up high. Bursting with excitement that could not be contained. Released through high pitched giggles and bobbing head. Trail head, switchbacks, waterfalls, home stretch. Legs kicking all the way.
Thinking we’ll be hitting the trails a lot this season.
Photo of the Week: We took the kids (still getting used to the plural) for a hike on Wildwood trail. It was slow going as Carson and his friend Charlie stopped many times to dig in the dirt, pick up sticks and toss around leaves. Such boys! Hadley remained snug as a bug in her Moby wrap and hardly made a peep.
We spent a relaxing Memorial Day weekend in Central Oregon with our friends who have a five month old son. The weather was gorgeous and it felt so nice to escape. The house we stayed at was walking distance to downtown Bend and just steps from the whitewater of the Deschutes. On Sunday we went for a long hike along the river with Carson propped up high in the Kelty pack. Stinkz refused to wear his fashionable floppy hat and after the fifth time plucking it off the trail I decided a better way to shield him from the sun’s harsh rays was to slather his noggin with SPF 50. Sporting his new rock star ‘do we were able to log over eight miles without turning his scalp into a sun dried tomato. Carson also took his first dip in a pool. He didn’t exactly take to the water like a fish, but in his defense it had been a long day and he was pretty cached out. He still looked adorable in his swim trunks.
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