Sunday Walk

Welcome to my "winterized" blog! I'm not at all skilled in this kind of thing, but I sure had fun fiddling around with it all morning between the kids' schoolwork! I hope you enjoy the music! As for the pictures, I'm still experimenting with them... when they are small, they blow up nicely. But I make them larger, some do and some don't. I don't know why, and so I thought I'd try the large pictures and see how you like them. They seem to be easier to see on the blog. If some of you can let me know what you prefer, that'd be great! Then, I can please my "reading" audience! :) Also, please let me know if you'd prefer the italics off. It beautifies the blog, but if it's too hard to read, then I'll sacrifice pretty!


Now, on to my "Sunday Walk" entry:

...or should I say, Sunday "hike!" Directly above the kids at the top of the mount was our destination, although it cannot actually be seen. But it's right up there by those domed buildings which was an air base at one time.

Sky called us up Sunday afternoon and invited us to go on the walk with her. We bundled up and had a good time. The weather has been in the "4 days of warmer" as we call it now, and that makes it nicer to be outside. But the wind on the mountain was very cold!!! It was a 2 kilo walk with various grades, some quite steep.

There's a little "rest & exercise/stretching" area halfway up where we stopped. Sky and I visited while John & the kids tried out all the different rings & bars, & such.

A view out to the ocean... and this is from the mount that is right next to us. Since we don't see the water on a normal daily basis, I sometimes forget how close we are to the water. The kids just told us that they've heard there's also a path on "our own" mount. We want to go up that next and see what the view is from right in our "backyard!"

"I made it all the way up to the top!!! I even ran up some of the way. But that made my muscles really tired!"


And we made it! Sky took a family picture for us. See the little kitty in the bottom left corner? He was quite friendly and had fun playing with John & the kids while Sky & I....talked some more!!! :) :) Any idea that I'm talk-deprived?!?

Here is a little pagoda. I am always facinated by the exquisite painting detail on the wood structures. All in all it was a great outing, thoroughly enjoyed, and then we came home and had supper together.