Our Comventure

There is an apple orchard right by our house, and we noticed that they recently opened their gates for visitors! So I told Max on Tuesday that we would be going on an adventure when Daddy came home from work. Sadly, it turns out the orchard is only open Thursday through Sunday... but Max was so excited about going on "a comventure" that we had to come up with a backup plan quick!

We decided to pick up KFC and bring it to the park for a picnic, then check out the trails that lead down to the river. It was a fun hike, but the first part was all downhill... so when we turned around it was, of course, straight back up! It wasn't too steep, but Max sure moved a little slower on the return trip.


There was a gorgeous lookout at the top of a very steep hill- I didn't enjoy the view quite as much as I would have liked, as I was fairly certain Max would take a wrong step and slip out of my grasp, tumbling to the bottom of the hill. The TV show Parenthood coined a phrase that I think sometimes applies to me: "catastrophization"- In matters involving my children, I tend to play out the worst-case scenario (catastrophe) in my head, usually something that has about a .001% chance of actually occurring. That's catastrophization. Luckily, nothing of the sort happened, and everyone got out in one piece.

To the left, a steep drop off. Catastrophization.

Lucian is big enough for the backpack now, but he's still super-sensitive; he did great for almost he whole hike, but toward the end, he bumped his forehead on the back of Paul's head,. It was as if the world was coming to an end! He may be big, but he's not nearly as tough as Max. Think more teddy bear than football player.


Hopefully the weather will clear up and we'll get to visit the orchard soon, but this hike was definitely a fun alternative! We used to hike all the time, so it felt great to get out in the "wilderness" again.

Traditional hiking family portrait... it's getting harder to get a good one!