Sunday, April 3, 2011

Hikes


Husband and I love going on hikes and we try to go on as many as possible. The problem with those hikes is finding the right one: It should start and end at the same spot, it should include some ancient ruins or dark caves for husband, some animals along the way for daughter, some climbing for son and a beautiful landscape plus a little cabin along the way where I can get a cup of coffee for me. It should also be the right lenght: not too short and not too long.
The hardest part though is finding a hike that is marked well enough so we can actually follow it. Often we get lost and if it weren't for husband and his sense of direction (it seems like I don't have one) most of the time we wouldn't find our way back.
But he always manages, following the sun or trees of whatever it is he does and brings us back to the car. And most of the time those are the most fun hikes because you never know what awaits around the corner.

There! A marker! A red triangle!







At this point we were already on the wrong path - but didn't know it yet.


The view is impressive anyway:



The red marker! Unfortunately it faces the wrong way...


Yup...that is definitely not the right way...




but look what we found...a stud farm...


were the foals were ready to be pet...


before they went into the barn for the night...


the grown horses...



...turning in for the night...



a perfect hike, after all.

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