Then in the afternoon we took a family hike at Umstead to try out all our new hiking gear. The kids had new backpacks and binoculars, while Zac and I had new hiking shoes to try out.
Alice loved her backpack, although she was self-conscious about the water tube and would try to hide it whenever we passed other hikers. Simon refused to have anything to do with his bag.
The binoculars were fun, but there wasn't much too look at besides more trees and leaves.
Here I am, exactly 5 weeks after my surgery, finally hiking again!
We hiked down to a really cool creek, where the kids practiced their rock-hopping skills.
Alice was quite grumpy for a while until we finally managed to get her to eat enough food.
The weather was warm and we had a really nice afternoon hiking.
