on saturday we woke up to blue sky and sunshine. it dawned on us that we have not hiked once since our move...craziness. since the weather looked good, we decided to go for it. i was a little unsure about how coen would do in the backpack after a 3 months break, so we picked a short 2.5 mile round trip hike to start us out. it was really clear to me after we got him in the pack how much he has grown. he looks so big in there now! thanks to a pack of m&m's he did pretty good. clearly he would rather walk, but it would take us days at his pace. so for now, bribery will have to be our secret weapon.
we did the mauna ulu hike in the hawaii volcanoes national park. it was the perfect distance for coen, and such great views. steaming vents, amazing lava formations, and our own personal volcanic seismologist.
a little super hero action at the top!
who loves volcanoes? we do! we do!
not a super wonderful picture...but the best we could get.
after the hike, we had a picnic lunch and then took a drive down the chain of craters road. coen crashed after 10 minutes (totally expected) and we took a long drive through the park to help him get a good nap. it's so rare that we are out and about during his nap time, nap time is sacred! but we threw out the rules just this once, and really enjoyed the ride. he woke up when we pulled into our driveway and was all charged and ready to rock it for the evening.
You have such an adorable family and I love reading your posts. Looks like an awesome hike! Beautiful! Lucky girl! If flying a family of six wasn't so ridiculously expensive I would come visit!!
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