Saturday Hiking

 Earlier this morning when my husband was out taking our son to cross country practice and the daughter was still sleeping I decided to take my coffee outside to read some Scripture and then write my seemingly never-ending manuscript.  

As soon as the boys returned the girl finally woke up and the temperature was becoming unbearable.  

My son had ran 4 miles and they talked about needing to do a 10 mile hike for his hiking merit badge.  My husband said he could walk 6 more miles and it would count for the 10.  So together we all went to the rail trail to help him reach that goal and did a few of the summer's rubbing posts along the way.  So far we've completed 7.  23 more to go!

It's hot outside today, almost 100° but we were all determined to be brave.  The daughter whined a little bit but perked up after stopping at a convenient store for a slushy.  

Don't let those smiles fool you.   We were hurting a bit.  

This may have been the first time we've actually seen a train go by on the rail trail.  

There's the rubbing post.  Instead of turning around immediately after we kept going to get the rest of the mileage Matt needed.  Well, except the last half mile.

We saved the last half mile for another trail that led us to a different rubbing post (after getting those slushies).

After a cold shower I'm relaxing for the rest of the day but today was worth documenting.