We started out mini vacation with an unusually warm Sunday afternoon. We bought dirt and let the kids go mining. Sounds so funny to say we "bought dirt" but that is what you do to allow your kids to experience mining. We were staying at the Hotel Nashville and this mining location was very near our hotel. We then went to one of our favorite pizza places for dinner. Yummy!!
In the morning, we started off with a yummy breakfast at the hotel....waffles, cinnamon rolls, fruit, cereal, juice, milk, coffee.....yes, we were energized and ready!! We started on this 1.25 moderate trail. Before that day, the kids had only been on easy trails or easy/moderate trails....little did we know what we were getting ourselves into!!!
Some fun science lessons from daddy along the way....
And then....this appeared before us.
Option 1: turn around, hike back 1 plus miles
Option 2: pick up the kids, run for it, and know that I'm an adult and I shouldn't whine because my feet are wet
We went with Option 2.....only to find out......
that we had just crossed over onto a .75 mile rugged trail. Did I mention we were at the bottom of the downhill rugged trail? Do you understand what that means? We have to hike UP a .75 RUGGED trail with 2 kids that are getting tired.....
We made it out alive with our drama king and queen!! Notice we ended at the beginning. Lesson learned. Next time, we start here going DOWNHILL on the rugged trail and end on the 1.25 moderate trail. Sounds like a much better option.
We rewarded the kids with candy from a candy/fudge shop. They opted for some CrAzY sour powdery stuff. I opted for red velvet fudge....from the look on his face, I made a better choice!!!
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