Rock climbing

Dylan and I are enjoying a lot of weekend adventures over this summer. This time it was a morning hike to great falls with some rock climbing thrown in for fun. It is good exercise for me to carry about 40lbs on my back, but after a while it is time for Dylan to do some walking. We took a look at the falls and then hiked down to the waters edge for a picnic where there were lots of boulders for Dylan to climb all over. He really was great at climbing over the rocks, I think next time we will bring a rope and harness.

Trip to Shenandoah

Enjoyed a nice day hiking in Shenandoah. Dylan is certainly comfortable in his back pack. Ended the hike with a little drop of red, which Dylan seemed to approve off, fun was had by all.

"Kelty Pathfinder" Dylan Transport Device

My sister Patti found a great child carrier at a church picnic silent auction - she thought of us and we asked her to place a bid...the bid won and we've been waiting to try it out. Now that Dylan is sitting up without too much assistance we thought we'd do a test run at a local park. It worked great. Kelty makes a full range of camping and treking gear and the experience shows: the Pathfinder model has an excellent waste belt, great weight distribution and just the right support harnesses to keep the little man in place without stressing him. He loved it...we loved it...and we'll be back out exploring his growing world soon.

Hike and Winery trip

Enjoying the nice weather last week, myself Dylan and some of the other mothers went for a a picnic and walk at Sugarloaf Mountain. It was a fun day, pretty intersting to try to get 5 babies, fed, changed and ready for a hike all at the same time, well almost at the same time, but it all worked out and we had a great walk. After the hike we were able to stop off at the Sugarloaf Winery and enjoyed a glass of wine and yes I did have a bottle (not of wine) for Dylan after my glass of wine. I think the winery was surprised to see 5 babies there all at the same time, but they were very accomodating.

A good day for a ride

Got the bike out on Sunday - Michelle and Dylan followed me to Sugarloaf Mountain (hill?) where I road around some of the dirt roads, Michelle and the man-cub took a walk and we met up for a picnic lunch. Capped the day off with a glass of wine at a local vineyard.

Nepal Trek

After months of training Michelle was off to the Himalayan Mountains...