Hiking, Cookie Dough, & Hamburgers

With Monk playing on the television behind me, writing this blog might take a little longer than usual. After our 4 hour hike, my family is absolutely exhausted (I must be pretty tired too, because I just typed "crazy" instead of "exhausted"). The 7 mile hike was gorgeous, covered by leafy green canopies, steep slopes, jutting trails and trickling streams. While in Laurel Falls, I discovered that Tina has a streak of mountain gazelle in her; gracefully jumping onto boulders at the speed of lightning without stumbling as I cautiously clambered from stone to stone. The best part of the hike was running downhill, which = flying.