Reading here this morning and seing all the things people have done that were physiaclly challangeing
but they did with grit and determination anyway made me want to get up and go tackle our mountain (really a
hill but at moment a mountain to me )
I used to hike alot across our hills but don't anymore ...I have driven truck up the hill and walked a little
on the ridge which isn't smooth but is relatively flat ...but it isn't the same as hiking through the woods
and up and down hills and into the little valleys ...
Bo and the girls packed an apple ,orange , banana and three bottles of Gatorade and took off earlier...
they didn't even ask if I wanted to go cause they say I hold them back ...
I gave them a 15 minute head start and armed with a walking staff took off up the side of the hill... going
up wasn't too bad visually ...I kinda leaned into the hill which is steep to keep from toppling over backward...
got to the top and had to sit down as my head was spinning and then I threw up... drank some Gatorade
and rested then took off along the ridge ... I also discovered that I had lost my camera
somewhere on trip up... :evil:
I snuck (yes it is a word) along through the woods and down the hill a little until I got above the pond
where they were ...I lay down by a rock and was tossing small rocks down through the woods ...didn't
scare them ...they just figure it was a deer or squirrel moving around ...
they left and went back the way I came but at the foot of the back side of the ridge I had walked along ...I
gave them some lead time then followed them from above ... there is a bend in the hill and I lost track of
them...figured they came up at head of hollow and headed home ...
I sat on the ground and ate a bunch of hickory nuts and drank Gatorade and watched for my missing family ...
birds were watching and waiting for me to leave ... they clean up bits of nut the squirrels drop...I took my
rock and cracked them about 2 dozen nuts open that they can pick over ...I got back up and walked
back toward the hill above the house to see if I could see them...
looking down the hill made my head spin... I lay down and the cows started surrounding me ... I sat up and
swung my stick around but they just kept watching me ...I pulled out my trusty cell phone and called the
house but got no answer...I was gonna get them to come up with the truck and rescue me ...
.. I just sat
and waited knowing they had to come back this way... and they did ...
I walked down the hill with Bo in front of me holding onto his shirt... tried to hold his hand but he kept trying
to help me catch balance when I wobbled and was making things worse by trying to help...
been back about 2 hours and my head is still wonky and my face is a bit numb...a little nauseated and have a
middle weight headache...my legs are throbbing and I really want to go lay down and sleep til next week ...
gonna pay for this tomorrow... but I survived .... yay
This experiment in my toleration of walking on changing ground conditions was not done in the moderation it
should have been conducted in
I found my camera ...at the place they climb over a ladder built into the fence I lay down and rolled under it
and camera came out my pocket...so I guess I have to repeat my journey to get some picitres
... but not for
a day or maybe week or two...
... should have taken my big camera... it won't fit in jacket pocket and I
would have had it slung around my neck...
my family isn't nearly as excited over my trip as I am ...
Nap time ...
