For mother's day, we went for a little hike at the Environmental Learning Center in Fort Collins. This is a wildlife preserve type place with some walking trails. It also happens to be where John proposed.
At the very beginning of our hike, we had to cross over a shaky rope bridge that was about 15 feet over a river with a pretty fast current. As we crossed the bridge, Arabelle's hat suddenly blew off. I thought it was gone for good, but John ran quickly across the bridge, down the bank, and into the river. Incredibly he was fast enough to intercept the hat.
Arabelle of course refused to wear a wet hat.
Since John was already wet he carried us over to this little rock pile. If you're wondering how he managed this, just think of that puzzle with the fox, the corn, and the hen.
Jeffrey found a trusty walking stick but then decided to leave it behind. About half-way back to the car he started whining for his "stick". We tried to trick him into accepting a few replacement sticks, but he easily identified them as impostors. He was so insistent that John ended up having to run back and get his stick, wet jeans and all.
