Thursday, March 24, 2011

Day 5 on the trail

Tom has received his trail name of "Coach" for coaching Ben along on the hike.   I received several calls from the boys yesterday.  The first call in the morning was my boys being boys. They were arguing and called Mom to tell her all about it.  Apparently Tom is doing "everything" and all Ben has to do is hike.  Sounds way too familiar.  So after talking them off the ledge they began their hike into Suches, Ga to resupply.  They hit a General Store that apparently didn't offer much in lightweight trail food so they ended up with a ton of Ramen noodles.  Thankfully they were able to catch a ride into town saving them the 2 mile walk into town and then the 2 miles back to the trail.  Today they are headed up to Blood Mountain.  Check out the link below and watch the short video clip.  It looks like a neat hike today.  They get to hike through a building today and climb a mountain.  The views look awesome.

http://www.secretfalls.com/

And back home we are learning some neat things too:  the food here is lasting longer.  We are no longer going through a gallon of milk a day.  I left the Girl Scout cookies out on the counter one night and they were still there the next day!  Wow.   But we do miss the guys.  The house is quieter, there are no empty food dishes being left by the computers in the office, no huge sized sneakers strewn across the living room floor, and no more sitters for the younger kids left at home.  Max (age 2) and Ellie (age 4) miss their big brothers!  We are keeping track of the hike back home with footprints to mark the days and mileage on the trail and a map dotted with pics and postcards from the boys.  We're so proud of the boys for undertaking such a huge adventure.  Hope they are enjoying their hike as much as we are enjoying following them back home.

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Welcome to our blog. Come and visit and get to know my crazy busy family. First there is me, Tammy, also known as the MOM. And then there is Hank-the Dad. We are the proud parents of 5 wonderful and wacky kids. In order of birth-Nicholas, Thomas, Benjamin, Eleanor, and Maxwell. We are a homeschooling family and we love to explore, travel, and create dynamic family traditions and rituals with our children.