Saturday morning we decided to try something new.... a hike. The boys were super excited. So we headed across the Potomac River to Maryland to check out the Billy Goat Trail. It wasn't quite a peaceful hike (the boys had about 450 questions), but it was beautiful and good exercise. Nathan and Andrew absolutely LOVED climbing the rocks and were so bummed each time the trail returned to dirt.
While Dan and I were a little stunned when we reached this point in the hike, the boys couldn't have been more excited. Luckily, we were headed up this rock incline and not down.
But the boys (our little American Ninja Warriors in training) scaled it with ease!
We reached a mid-point and decided it was time to head back to the car along the canal path, since it was past lunch time and we were out of snacks. Suddenly the boys were tired and "couldn't" walk the mile back along the flat (aka "boring") path. :) But we eventuallly made it and decided to stop at the information desk to get a map, so we could plan our path for a future hike. As we read through the map, we noted that we completed a little over half of Section "A" which is the only trail with the rating "Difficult" and description stating "visitors.. with small children.. should consider other trail hiking options." OOPS! I guess you are supposed to stop at the information desk before your hike and not afterwards. I have a feeling after this hike, the boys may be quite disappointed with the "easy" and "moderate" options.
