Hungry Dinosaurs

We went on a short hike on Tuesday with some other families. Sure it was straight up the mountain and I was carrying a baby on my back but it seemed a little more difficult that it should have been. I didn’t mind the going up with my heart pounding wildly in my chest but the going down part where my knees hurt and my legs shook, threatening to give out at any moment, was scary. It's scary how old a 34 year old can feel. I think I'm going to be a crippled invalid by the time I'm 44.

Everyone ate the lunches and snacks they had packed up the mountain. Not because they were hungry but because they didn’t want to pack it back down. While we were up there the kids decided that the flag was so old it had been chewed up by dinosaurs. I suggested some other options but we decided the dinosaur story was the most plausible.

The really high point of the hike was when my 6 year old called 10 year old Jessica a “he” and I had to spend the rest of the way down apologizing and explaining to the girl and her Mother how boys wear their hair long these day so you can see why a 6 year old might get confused. What? Of course I knew she was a girl.Tip: If you can't see the camera, the camera can't see you.