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| Money? What Money? We don't need no stinking money! |
And so we wrap up another summer vacation weekend. This weekend was a bit of a rest weekend for
us. I didn’t realize just how exhausting
it is to keep the kids going on the weekends and to keep up at work and with
all the various stuff that needs to be done at the house. The item I really didn’t foresee when I
started out on my quest to fill the weekends of summer vacation with fun was
the cost. I mean seriously folks it’s
expensive to expose your children to new wonders and exciting new sights. Museums cost money, camp sites cost money,
the food to eat while at said Museums and camp sites cost money…oh and don’t
forget the gas to get there. I’m not
whining really or being overly negative I just really didn’t see the expense involved. This is probably due in no small part to
having the chance to do the above things as a child and being oblivious to the
expense on my parents. I know Boy Scouts
helped to lower the cost a bit….or at least I’m thinking it did…but it couldn’t
have been cheap, especially on one income for the early years. I’m impressed with my parent’s abilities to
get us to some of the places we were able to go. I’ve done what I can to get discounts and
stuff but it’ll be a real challenge to keep it going for another 7 weeks or so. Anyone know of a website or two that has
discounts for just some schmuck looking to expose his kids to adventure and fun
that isn’t an amusement park?
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| Dad? Why must you take pictures of us eating? No Really? WHY!??? |
Any
who, on to bigger and better things,
like I said above; this weeks was an R&R weekend, a ‘dad catch your
breath’ weekend but I wan’t just going to sit idly by and let us settle into
the same ol routine of ‘Play DS, watch TV, play on the computer…repeat’. So yesterday was an errand running day and
today we got out some hiking gear and hit up the Santa Rosa Plateau. The weather has been pretty darn near
perfection and I was hoping it would hold out for another day or so and it did. We hiked in cool weather (couldn’t have been
more than 75 degrees out) with a nice breeze.
It was quite lovely. We parked at
the Hidden Springs Trail Head and hiked out to the little Adobe house. We had a little bite to eat and walked around
the Adobe. There was a small nature
trail that we walked along to. I was a
little unsure how well my son would do but Captain J pulled through with flying
colors. All in all we covered 4.1 miles
in about an hour and a half (we spent about a half hour resting at the Adobe)
with 500ish feet of elevation gain. The
only time Lil J whined was towards the end on a pretty good incline in the last
.3 miles or so. Like I said on FB I
think we may have a hiker on our hands. After
that we went into town and hit up DQ, always a nice way to end a ‘mini-adventure’.
So far
we’re doing pretty well with keeping the adventure going for the summer break
after a month. This is technically
Adventure #4 and I’m thinking a trip up to Palomar for an overnighter is on the
books for next week maybe. In other
personal news I’ve kept up with my exercising and have been pretty steady with
the two rides/two runs a week. This
combined with an increase in portion control at meals and a cleaner diet has
meant that I’ve dropped about 15 pounds in the past couple of months. I’m feeling better and was only slightly embarrassed
to have the hip belt on my day pack wrapped around my fat…errrr….gut….errrr…waist. I’ve
got a ways to go before I can settle and be happy with my weight but so far I’m
feeling pretty good and clothes are fitting well again. Oh and I’m still off of the soda!!!! Yay me.
Unfortunately, I did just kind of take a hit at work but that’ll work
itself out in the end I hope. So with
that I say ado and wish you all continued Adventures for the Summer of
2012. Anyone want to share what you’ve
been up to so far? I’d love to hear
about it.
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| Captain J & the Giant Oak...title of my first childrens story? I think so! |
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| mmmmmm gear....love the gear! Best part of the outdoors. Wait? What!? |
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