So heading West from our house, before you hit the mountains you hit the little mountains. And trees. We thought we'd try a slightly less vertical hike this weekend. It's a big loop (6.7 km) that is up-hill the first half and down hill the second.
I'm not gonna lie...it wasn't pretty. The scenery yes, the winded people puffing their way up the inclines no.
The kids only complained for the first half of the hike. They heeded our threats to chuck them off the side of the mountain and shut up for the rest of it. And daughter was her usual mouthy obnoxious self.
Daughter: "Well, last night I heard Mom going - insert 'bow-chikka-bow-wow' porno sounds -"
Nice. So you mean at 11:30 pm we can't have Mommy and Daddy time? She earned them both an earlier bedtime. Possibly a drugged bedtime.
Little shit.
Ready to hit the trail.
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Some yellow plants along the side of the hill
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Resting at the top of the loop. Weak-ass city kids.
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On the trail with the brats.
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Pretty birch trees overlooking the valley.
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Kids at the top - overlooking the valley and mountains.
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View of the valley.
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Some pretty red berries.
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Wild mountain cows. Who had
diarrhea. Want to know how I know?
Uhhh, well....6.7 km of cow-patty covered trails.
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Did you know squirrels can growl?
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Yep...they sure can. It would seem in this area they don't like being approached by camera-crazy women.
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Things that make you say "Hmmmm" - Inspired by RUM
- In medieval England jurors weren't fed until they reached a decision.
- The Chinese used to scatter firecrackers around the house - as fire alarms.
- 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
- A child laughs about 400 times per day. Adults laugh about 15 times.
- The blood vessels of a blue whale are so wide that an adult trout could swim through them.
- Some beaver dams are more than 1,000 years old.
- Male hospital patients fall out of bed twice as often as female patients.
- 25% of Americans think Sherlock Holmes was a real person.
- The leading cause of death in Papua, New Guinea is falling out of a tree.
- Babies are born without kneecaps.
- In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world's nuclear weapons combined.
- Los Angeles is 2cm closer to San Fransisco than it was a year ago.
- In her entire lifetime, Queen Isabella of Spain (1451-1504) bathed twice. King Louis XIV bathed three times.
- Per capita, the cities of Winnipeg and CALGARY drink the most Slurpees in the world.
- More than 50% of all the lakes in the world are in CANADA
- Belgians once tried to deliver mail using cats. (It didn't work.)
Words of 'wisdom' from the Rummy One (and various people I've stolen from)
I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize.
Some people are like slinkys; they serve no useful purpose, but they do make you smile when they tumble down the stairs.
When I was a kid we had a sandbox. Actually it was a quicksand box. I was an only child...eventually.
It's a mistake to think you can solve any major problems with just potatoes.
You know what I miss? I miss the old days, when I'd think up a sinister scheme for world domination and friends would show a little emotional support. I mean come on now....really.
Let me make one thing perfectly clear to you: I have absolutely no idea how this sentence I'm currently writing is going to finish. When and if it does, I can only hope it makes some kind of coherent ceramic pineapple vibraphone.
Ready to hit the trail.
Some yellow plants along the side of the hill
Resting at the top of the loop. Weak-ass city kids.
On the trail with the brats.
Pretty birch trees overlooking the valley.
Kids at the top - overlooking the valley and mountains.
View of the valley.
Some pretty red berries.
Wild mountain cows. Who had diarrhea. Want to know how I know? Uhhh, well....6.7 km of cow-patty covered trails. 
Did you know squirrels can growl?
Yep...they sure can. It would seem in this area they don't like being approached by camera-crazy women.
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'bow-chikka-bow-wow' porno sounds -"
I'm falling off my F*%King chair laughing!
Squirrels growl? Maybe because you weren't offering him sandwiches or M&Ms? Is that a nut in his mouth, or is he sticking his tongue out? :)
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