Vacation (Part 2): The Hike

 One day we decided to take a hike.   According to our host's travel book (en Francais) this was the shortest hike.  Due to the language barrier, we weren't sure if it was the easiest (post-hike, I'm sure that it wasn't!).  We drove to this remote and beautiful area, found the trail head, strapped on the boys and were off.

At the beginning of the hike, there were some very friendly cows that the boys found rather amusing. 

Only after 15 minutes did I realize we were climbing up a mountiain hill. It took us about 2 hours to hike up.  The boys didn't complain once.  Seriously.  They seemed to genuinely have a great time!  They found great joy in hopping up onto tree trunks for a photo.

Monkey See.....................................Monkey Do

Not gonna lie, it was a tough climb.  

We finally reached the top.  Many who had passed us along the way were there to cheer and greet our arrival.

Victory - except we have to climb back down now.  That went much quicker.  True confession - I was really anxious about tripping and falling with Christian strapped to me.  Thankfully, we finished relatively unscathed.

See the peak in the back of this picture?  

That's where we climbed to! That's right - be impressed!

Followed by lovely napping in the car... :)