Hiking the "Little Hill" in WY

Hi! I`m finally writing again. It always takes a while for me to write, I can never get motivated. Well anyways….. after - Utah I think it was, we went to Wyoming, where we stopped at a campsite in Rawlins; which is really quite hard to say when it`s 1st told to you! Just as we got there, our Father (who cannot sit still for one second) decided we should go on a hike. While Toley and I tried to get out of it by saying we would help Mommy cook dinner, Kik was in the RV basement getting his camelback ready. If Kik`s going to go (Daddy says) then you can go. So after some moaning and groaning from the big kids, we finally set off. Some of you may know this, but Wyoming is SO windy! Probably most of you know too, it`s even windier on a mountain. So up we go on this “little hill”, as Dad calls it, to a large cross at the top. We took Konig along too. As we first started walking, Konig started sniffing something. Toley and I went to look and it turned out to be 3 deer legs, but no Deer-YUCK! It was really gross so I won`t go into details. After we finished gagging, we kept going. It was very comforting to know a story Mom once told us when she and Daddy drove to Alaska over 17 years ago. After they crossed into Alberta, Canada, Daddy (as you all know) had to go hiking. As he climbed the hill, he was stopped by a rattlesnake and did not go any further. Since Alberta, in my opinion, is directly north of Wyoming and rattlesnakes may be hanging out on that “little hill” in Rawlins, I was concerned. But after a little reassurance from Dad that there were NO rattlers on that “little hill” I was fine. Also, Wyoming is very dry so there`s a lot of cactus growing on the ground (and little hills). We hiked and hiked and picked cactus out of our socks and hiked some more. After about 45 min we finally reached the top. There was a cute little wooden cross up there (which wasn`t so little cause it was taller than Z-man) but it was cool. There were a lot of crosses at the top of mountains in Garmisch and I never got to get to the top to see one. So that was pretty neat for me. After a couple pictures and videos, along with my expertise in “Flipping,” (Kik word) we headed back. It was so windy and cold too! When we got back, we were cold, tired, and full of cactuses, but mom had a nice warm dinner waiting for us all to enjoy! All in all it was a great hike!:)

~Pooh