I grew up with my Dad taking us hiking in the Smokies quite often. There were several trails we became frequent customers at. We did a lot of camping there too, and we even took a cross-country camping trip when I was in high school. I may have whined about it a bit (My Dad: A BIT? You mean CONSTANTLY, right?) when we were doing it, but it really instilled in me a love for the outdoors.
When LilZ was a baby, I took him hiking and camping all of the time. I was poor, didn’t have cable, and was living life as a wannabe hippie, so the outdoors made a perfect playground for us. Since getting a “real job” in the “real world” and having “money” - I’ve found myself less apt to take a trot on any of the local trails. Why go outside when you have 5 episodes of Kyle XY to catch up on. Right?
This weekend I forced my family to go wander one of the local nature trails with me. I would say we went hiking, but it was more like walking along a trail covered in mulch and stopping every 100ft to let me take pictures. Since hiking tends to imply physical exertion, let’s just say we strolled through the woods on Saturday.
It took some effort coaxing everyone outside through rounds of, “Its hottttt!” and “It’s really hotttt!” and “There’s no air-conditioning outside!” (My Dad: Karmic paybacks are hell.) At one point MrZ was trying to justify not going by saying we had done it since we moved here.
We’ve been up there since moving here.
No we haven’t.
YES. We Have.
NO. We have NOT.
HAVE TOO.
THAT MUST HAVE BEEN YOUR OTHER WIFE.
Once I got them both to give up the fight and just go with me, if for no other reason but to shut me up, we ended up having a nice time. It actually wasn’t too hot, and it wasn’t crowded at all. We got to breathe air not cooled with freon and I took some nice pictures of things other than my daughter. All in all? It was a great Saturday excursion. Totally better than watching three episodes of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
oooh, I love Kyle XY!!! Tell me it was renewed next season, I can’t take another Invasion!
Zoot, that bottom pic is fantastic! You should submit it to the “Reflections” group on flickr!
That trail is eminently photographable, isn’t it? I love it. LOVE it. Great pic of the bridge, I have one that’s like almost EXACTLY the same — will post to flickr.
Beautiful pictures! I love hiking too, but always forget to bring the camera.
Kyle XY and It’s Always Sunny are both shows that I set my dvr to record and then gave up on after 2 episodes… I just couldn’t get interested in them.
So it’s good that nature won.
Whoa. Those pictures are amazing. I especially love the second one.
The “that must have been your other wife” line is one of my favorites ever. I use it sparingly so it won’t get old too quickly.
I agree- those pics are wonderful! Glad you had a nice time!
What a dreamy place! Great photos.
Fabulous pics!
I love the covered bridge pic - so pretty! I want to go there (and take pictures also).
Very nice.
Well I’m glad you had fun with the out doors! But was it really better than watching “It’s always sunny in Philadelphia”? HAHA I LUUUUVVV that show! By the way I found your blog by using one of your templates. I love your blogger templates, thanks for making such COOL ones:) Great PIcs!
Wow! That covered bridge picture is beautiful!!
those 2 pictures are GORGEOUS!!!!
Beautiful pictures, thank you.
but you watched all the “always sunny” eps when you got home, right? it shouldn’t have to be an one or the other kind of thing….there’s room for both things in your life, I’m just sure of it.