Picture it, a partly cloudy day, 65 degrees, no breeze to speak of, and the birds are singing. Just lovely! I am happily lounging around reading my book when John announces that he is going to get his big camera and go explore a bit. Would I like to come along? Sure I said.
He still had his loafers on and so did I.
Noticing this I asked maybe we should change our shoes. Nah, John says, we aren’t going far just a little stroll. I reminded him of his aptitude for getting us in trouble, but he assured me we would be fine.
Will I never learn?
After a short distance we came to the nature trail in the park. It is about 3 miles long and what I would consider a super easy hike.
I express my concerns about “going off road” in our current footware. He again assures me we will be fine.
Will I never learn?
Yes I was whining. I’ll admit it. I mention that I thought we were just going for a little stroll. John says “No, I said exploring”.
Will I never learn?
After a bit we come to a mud hole and I stopped and told him, you are going to have to find a way around that because I’m not getting my feet wet and muddy.
Oh he found me a way around alright, but it required that I navigate around some wicked thorns. I felt like I was back in Africa!
Will I never learn?
We continued to walk some more but my feet were starting to hurt from the effort. I told John, ok no I whined, that I wanted to go back to camp. He reluctantly agreed and we hiked back to camp.
I told him from now on if he was inviting me to stroll or explore I was putting on my hiking shoes.
We will see if I have learned the next time he wants to go adventuring.
Wendy, I think it must be in the Male Genes ….. We have been on some hikes too! Only now, I make sure that Don has on the right shoes….the last big hike was upward..like UP the mountain side and he had on his sandals! 🙂
We are looking forward to more of your blogs!
HUGS D&D
John’s answer to my whining about our unpreparedness was: “Well at least I have my leatherman”. Now how that was going to help me with wet feet, I didn’t know.