Monday, May 18, 2009

Hiking!


Yesterday Tommy went geocaching at the Pueblo Reservoir with Jill, Mark and Kaitlin Hoke. Tommy had so much fun chasing butterflies and sniffing grass. At lunch time, Tommy got to play in the water, chasing the waves and trying in vain to bite them. No matter how hard he tried, he just couldn't get a hold of those waves!
After lunch it was time to find a few more caches but, boy, was Tommy tired. Tommy spent the afternoon hikes in the comfort of his backpack lounging while Mark carried him over the hills and down the dry creek beds. While Mark, Jill and Kaitlin were searching for one cache, Tommy was resting under a Juniper bush, taking advantage of the shade, when suddenly, his backpack lost its balance! Tommy toppled over inside of his pack and the pack began to roll down the hill toward the ravine with Tommy inside!
Quick as lightning, Kaitlin raced toward Tommy and grabbed his backpack, saving Tommy from an uncertain future at the bottom of a cliff! Kaitlin is now and forever our hero!
The rest of the trip was, thankfully, uneventful and after the hikes, Tommy got to have ice cream from Sonic. We are very grateful and happy that Tommy was none the worse for wear after his tumble.

Monday, May 18, 2009

Hiking!


Yesterday Tommy went geocaching at the Pueblo Reservoir with Jill, Mark and Kaitlin Hoke. Tommy had so much fun chasing butterflies and sniffing grass. At lunch time, Tommy got to play in the water, chasing the waves and trying in vain to bite them. No matter how hard he tried, he just couldn't get a hold of those waves!
After lunch it was time to find a few more caches but, boy, was Tommy tired. Tommy spent the afternoon hikes in the comfort of his backpack lounging while Mark carried him over the hills and down the dry creek beds. While Mark, Jill and Kaitlin were searching for one cache, Tommy was resting under a Juniper bush, taking advantage of the shade, when suddenly, his backpack lost its balance! Tommy toppled over inside of his pack and the pack began to roll down the hill toward the ravine with Tommy inside!
Quick as lightning, Kaitlin raced toward Tommy and grabbed his backpack, saving Tommy from an uncertain future at the bottom of a cliff! Kaitlin is now and forever our hero!
The rest of the trip was, thankfully, uneventful and after the hikes, Tommy got to have ice cream from Sonic. We are very grateful and happy that Tommy was none the worse for wear after his tumble.