A Perfect Day For a Hike

When Chelsea and I got up this morning we decided it looked like the perfect day to go on a hike. I called Molly to ask her if she wanted to come along with us. She was so excited she said she would be right over.

Michael overheard us talking about our plans while we were getting some breakfast and he invited himself along too. Then he remembered Jeremy was already on his way over so we decided he can come along too. It really is more fun when we all do stuff together anyway.

You know I was a little worried when Chelsea came to live with us that she wouldn't fit in with our friends but there really wasn't anything to worry about. She just makes everything more fun and all our friends love her.

Anyway we decided to pack some small lunches and Molly got here just as I was cutting up the apples. I was already done with the carrots and Chelsea had gotten out some bottles of the juice mom picked up at the store a while back.

Chelsea found some lunch bags so we could carry our lunches in them. Molly was getting the package of sandwich bags out of the cabinet just as Jeremy arrived.

Jeremy and Michael were worried about what we had packed but were glad to hear we had apples, carrots, sandwiches and some cookies along with the juice bottles.

We only had a couple of back packs so we decided that we would take turns carrying them on our hike. We all had on sturdy shoes. So we set out to hike on a nearby trail.

We haven't been on this trail since last summer so it was a bit overgrown and there were some new things to see. We took our first break when we found a nice place to sit. Molly and Jeremy had been carrying the backpacks until then. Molly said hers was getting too heavy. Chelsea and I decided we wanted to snack on some of our carrot sticks to help out. Molly said that wasn't enough and took off her backpack so someone else could carry it for a while. Michael got elected to take her backpack for a while.

We walked for a while more before Michael started to complain that he was tired. He sat down on a large rock and wouldn't get up even when Molly put the backpack back on. He insisted his feet were sore. At least there it was a really pretty spot.

 After a while we convinced him to go on. We were all really glad we did because we found a new place that we hadn't been to before.

There was a new small trail and when we followed it we found a large flat area with some big rocks and wonderful views in all directions.  We decided it was time to sit down and drink our juice. We actually ended up eating the rest of our food here before we headed back home.

I sure hope we get to hike again soon, this was so much fun. And it felt really good to get out in the fresh air and get some good exercise. The five of us are going to have sooooo much fun this summer I can tell already.