I really miss hiking. I mean real hiking. We've been taking the kids on little journeys but usually nothing significant. But today was Mother's Day. So I had the choice of my husband taking the kids skiing so I could have some me-time (I usually pick this option) or we could do something else. It was such a gorgeous day that I didn't really want to spend it alone so I decided I wanted to do a family hike. My husband suggested Bergen Peak which we haven't done in 11 years since my daughter was 6 weeks old. I loved the idea of a bigtime hike! It is 10 miles long, 5 miles up up up (2000 feet) and then 5 miles down down down. My 11 year old daughter did great! No complaints at all. She aspires to climb a 14er this summer so she knows she has to grin and bear it to convince us that she can do it. My 9 year old son had a rough time but kept on. A promise of a double scoop from Baskin Robbins at the end was excellent incentive AND the fact that there was a geocache at the top. He love geocaching more than anything and it was very fun for him to log that cache that was so hard to get too. I thought once we got to the top that the trip down would be easy. But that's when the real pain set in - mainly our feet although my legs/knees were feeling it too. I feel about 80 years old right now but have a sense of happiness too that we all achieved such a difficult goal today for Mother's Day!
BTW, the nonfat vanilla hard yogurt at Baskin Robbins is really good! Honestly I can't tell it from ice cream. Only 2 points (old WW system) for a kids' scoop. Yum. Tomorrow is a small day on my Wendie Plan Weight watchers journey so it goes well! Who knows how many activity points I should have given myself for hiking for 6 hours. Ow.
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