Alissa, Norman and I used to go hiking a lot. We would leave early in the morning, drive two hours and hike all day in the mountains. Now that we have a little one we have not been hiking once. I have been needing to get outside so last week I got online and bought a baby carrier back pack and two pairs of snowshoes so the family could all go hiking.
Yesterday, I got everyone together and we went hiking. By which I mean this; it took forty minutes getting everyone dressed and prepared to face the elements and on the way to the trail when Alissa realized she left her shades at the house I was accused of rushing all of us. :) We drove five minutes down the street to a little park with trails.
Once at the park we put Oliver in his back pack, I put the back pack on and then we tried to put on our snowshoes. I put Alissa's on her and then I fumbled with mine. It was like adjusting new ski equipment on the side of a hill but with a baby screaming in my ear.
We hiked for twenty minutes and then called it a day due to the baby being cold.
Forty minutes getting ready at the house, five minutes of driving, ten minutes of snowshoe testing for twenty minutes of hiking.
Things have changed. But I am looking forward to more experiences just like this in the future.
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