Wanderweg

Trail



Yesterday our family went out for a "practice hike". This time we did it with full gear. We learned much about what it will feel like when we are out there in the mountains for days at a time.

 

 

 



 

 

 

Why do we bother?

Lots of reasons:

For seven hours there was not a sound from an electronic.

More than once our kids said, "this is the best day".

The discipline of it all.

Nature.

Waterfalls.

 

 

...and a chance for introspection.

 

 

It's ok to have silence or the absence of tv, music, phones, computers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jen: "Phillip, catch up to your dad."

Phillip: "but there's a butterfly!"

 

 

 

 

Rob: "we need to go before someone associates us with that smell!"

 

A lesson on birch bark

 

 

 

I think we are in trouble with this one.

 

 

 

 

 

Key words: Hiking, Backpacking, Germany