Daniel's birthday is next month, so he has just a few weeks left to complete a one-mile hike to earn his cub scout Wolf badge. The hike can be with his troop or his family, and his troop isn't going hiking anytime soon, so I decided to take my kids hiking on a nearby trail as soon as the weather rose anywhere above "frigid."
After weeks of very cold weather it warmed up to 60 degrees today, so when the big kids got home from school I told them we were going right back out the door for a hike. Once they realized they couldn't talk me out of my crazy idea, they headed for the van and we had a good time. It helped that I brought lots of snacks.
Of course, it wasn't the most scenic time of year to go hiking, since most of the landscape is a study in brown and grey . . .
. . . but we did find some welcome patches of green here and there, like this stand of evergreen trees . . .
. . . and these hardy (and delightfully soft) lamb's ear plants.
The girls had fun experimenting to see which was the biggest stick this pond's lingering ice could support . . .
. . . but the highlight for all the kids was when we discovered some big boulders to climb on.
Don't fall, Cweepy! Safety first!
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