This is the kind of day we always dream of...taking our grand kids on a trek by ourselves...today their parents wanted to go on a 7 mile hike by themselves that would take 3 hours, giving us those hours alone with the kids!
They were intrepid hikers themselves as we trudged up hill, up this majestic mountain overlooking the valley below...
Grandpa always full of information to share points out the sights, the kids storing information to tell their parents later over dinner. He also told them of the day many years ago that he and I drove up this mountain and both the sun and the moon were out and he professed his love by telling me he was giving me both the sun and the moon! Now that was a romantic act!
"Come on grandma, you can do it", as I huffed and puffed climbing that hill...
Near the top we met up with this man on the right (his back to the camera), who told us he and his wife were 79 and 80 yrs old...both with walking sticks, seeming in far better shape than I, and getting to the top before us! What an inspiration they were.
And we did make it!
On the way down we stopped to smell the California Poppies.
And later we met up with the parents coming in off their long hike and we made it to the beach together...
Where my daughter, son in law, and grandson played Frisbee...
and my grand daughter reached to the sky for it...
while grandpa took a contemplative walk alone on the beach remembering old friends he'd trekked this beach and environs with in his own youthful years...
From there we all enjoyed a Mexican dinner together that was very delicious and then got into our separate cars and drove to our separate homes...hoping the next time we do this is SOON.What a perfect day. I took way more photos and will probably post some on future blog posts of the scenery that was nothing less than spectacular!
