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July 11, 2006
Hiking Expedition
Owen and I went hiking this past weekend, taking advantage of the gorgeous weather to get out and have some fun. Our plan was to hike for a couple of hours on Friday night, stay overnight at the Cooley Glen Shelter, and complete a 9-mile loop back to the car the next day. Unfortunately, we arrived at the trail a bit later than we expected, leaving us with only an hour of daylight and 3.2 miles to attempt to travel. Although we had resigned ourselves to camping somewhere along the trail, a few estimates and mathematical calculations indicated that we could make it to the shelter before the sunlight completely vanished, which is exactly what happened. We traveled the nine miles on Saturday in a much more leisurely fashion, ending the hike with only a couple of blisters on the bottom of my feet and fewer than a dozen complaints from Owen.
Posted by rgutwin at July 11, 2006 09:48 AM
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Sounds like fun!
You should call the hiking boot dude and tell him that the boots gave you blisters, and get him to come over and fix them. He probably wouldn't mind.
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at July 11, 2006 06:16 PM
I haven't broken in my hiking boots yet because my foot is still numb from over two weeks ago, so I just wore my sandals for this short hike. But yes, if my hiking boots ever give me blisters, Boomer will most certainly be hearing from me. Maybe he'll be hearing from me anyway... ;-)
Posted by: Rebecca at July 12, 2006 10:37 AM
Still numb? Still numb? Ah, the legacy of our hiking trip lives on. Good luck with that.
Posted by: Diana at July 13, 2006 10:39 PM