Monday, May 17, 2010
Hiking for Time
Well. I joined a group of moms with babies in tow, thinking or hoping I could keep up just fine. But they kept a pace that my little Tino couldn't handle, so I had him in tow most of the time. So, I have a 4 pound baby inside me and I was carrying a 26 pound boy outside me, plus the extra 30 pounds that I have padding me. I was always a little behind everyone, and I was out of breath for the uphills I was happy to do it for the chance to have poison oak pointed out to me. There were many flowers in bloom along the trail, it smelled so good. I also learned about the orange hay like stuff spread on occasional plants... it's called "witch's hair" and it's a parasite that destroys the plants. It took 2 hours and we stopped for a long while half way, maybe stopped for at least 20 minutes. I couldn't tell you how far we went, maybe 3-4 miles. It was a workout for me to say the least. Nix hiked like a champ, he slowed down a little at the end and only complained about his back hurting once. I don't think we will be joining this group again. Especially since the next time I will have a one month old, and I couldn't possibly carry two kids and enjoy it.
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Oh, man! I hear ya! We were supposed to go for a family hike in which Brice was going to carry Alaina, but we lost our dogs and Brice went to go find them which left me carrying a 5-pounder inside (plus padding) and a 20-something pounder on my back. Not what I had hoped for! Oh, and uh, don't count on the done with three thing. I thought that too when I was pregnant. Then Alaina was/is so great I thought, "How can this be the last time we do this?" and here we are (just a little sooner than planned ;0) !).
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