Yesterday
was Father’s Day, and I may have mentioned this before but Matthew and I have a
tradition of going on what we call our “Father’s Day adventure” together. This year we decided to go for a real
adventure, a hike on a real hiking trail.
We went to Bear Mountain, a state park with lots of hiking trails. The park is part of the Hudson River valley,
about an hour and a half drive north from Staten Island.
Part
of the fun for this was planning the trip and getting the gear together. We planned this out for a week, gathering our
pocket knives, whistles, knapsacks, and handy tools. They were calling for rain, so we also got
some rain ponchos. We packed some
sandwiched, some bottles of water, and right after this morning’s Mass we hit
the road. We got there by mid day.
It
took us a little bit to get oriented, and figure out where the trails were. We
had planned to do a moderate trail that circled the mountain. It was classified as a trail moderate in difficulty. Frankly I would have been glad to do an easy
trail but little Mister insisted on the moderate. Well, after about a 100 yards of inclined
slope on the moderate, Matthew changed his mind and we turned around and hiked
the easy. The easy trail is called the
Hessian lake Loop, and it just circles Hessian lake at the base of the
mountain.
Here
are some pictures. Matthew with all his
gear. That’s his whistle in his mouth.
He
insisted on wearing camouflage—“camo” as he called it.
Well,
it did rain for a good forty-five minutes, so we did have to pull put the
ponchos.
He
insisted on taking a picture of me.
Matthew
the scout.
Matthew
looking like a tough guy.
And
finally just being a little boy.
That
rock cliff on the other side of the lake is where we sat and ate lunch. We had a lot of fun.
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