We went and hiked the Holmes Run loop this Monday afternoon. It's about a mile walk in all, across various types of terrain and various changes in elevation. Lauren hiked like a champ! Never stopping or wanting to be carried once. Though this is probably due to trying to keep up with the "big girls" (ie the Holmes girls).
It was a beautiful afternoon to be outside though, so Nate and I didn't mind carrying Olivia every now and then. The highlight of the hike was at the very beginning, when we were hiking parallel to the stream. Nate ran across a dead eel while the kids were throwing/skipping rocks in the stream. Not five feet away, he finds a dead fish...and another...dead tadpoles...more dead fish. It was a river creature graveyard, of which all kids were completely enamored with. "Ooooooooweeeeeee mom", Olivia kept saying while staring in awe. We were finally able to pry the kids from the stream and back on the hiking path when Reagan and I both realized they did have some stream/water bacteria advisories on the website when we were looking up the Holmes Run website. Duh! We said as much to Nate, and the fact that they recommended not coming in contact with the water if possible. Nate was REAL appreciative that we remembered this tidbit of information after the kids were romping through the semi-dry riverbed, and he grabbed a wet stick to prod the dead eel. Heehehe...sorry Babe!
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