Sunday, October 24, 2010

Hawk's Watch

On October 17, a bunch of us decided to lug our kids up to the Hawk's Watch, or Hawk's Point, for a little hike. It was really nice, even on a chilly morning.

The Hanging Rock Lookout was where we headed. 0.8 miles.

We borrowed this cool pack from some friends so that we could haul Noah too. He seemed okay with it as long as Jeremy stayed moving.

Jeremy woke up on this morning with a terrible neck cramp but was quite the trooper and made it anyway.


This cutie, Little A, had a great time and was more than willing to let me take his picture.

Little A, and big sis, Big A.

"Go see what lives in that log, Little A!"
He had a good time running and climbing ahead of us, doing very well until he clocked his head on a rock toward the end of the trip. Poor guy!

Our friends, Josh and Kala, with the cute A kids.


Finally, we get to the top.
You can see Virginia from here, but nobody knew which direction exactly. :)

There was a little shack up at the lookout and we found this little friend inside taking a break from the wind. Now that I think about it, this place reminds a little bit of "The Shack" the book.

Rob, Khristina, and little SB in her pack.

Little SB never made a peep.

Noah had a great time running around the (well-fenced) lookout with the A kids.




Someone was kind enough to take a group shot as we started to leave.

A group shot of the kids. Notice that Noah is the only one who is upset by this. They all did really well with our little trip.

Here is a pic where you can see the full length of the pack.

Two tired boys. Once we got home, Jeremy pretty much went to bed for the rest of the day with his neck issue and Noah developed a cough/cold. Totally worn out!

Aside from being a bit sickly with the cough/cold and allergies passing around for the last week, we have been having a lot of fun in the great outdoors of West Virginia lately. October is surely my favorite month now, and definitely the best month to visit out here. Sorry that nobody came to enjoy it with us! Heehee. :) More to come!

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