So trails will be the Tuesday subject. They won't always be about grandkids but some of my favorite hikes were with them or with my own kids when they were small.
The reason this has been a big Love in my life is we lived in the foothills of Southern California for almost 30 years. Right behind our house was a trail that lead into a canyon and farther up the trail a waterfall. For many years there were no houses behind our house We were told that it would never be built on as it was forest land. Well we believed the realtor and she was wrong. Years later they started building these extremely expensive big homes which didn't really bother me but we never thought that would happen.
After 2006 my guys were grown, the grandkids started appearing and we both took early retirement so we could enjoy life while young. We watched these kids a lot and if it wasn't for us, they would not have had near the experiences hiking and exploring because their parents worked full time jobs and as we all know the weekends were usually catching up with house stuff.
So this is the first granddaughter that came along. Holly whose parents moved to Mill Valley in San Francisco. Years later they moved to Olalla, Washington an area I love to visit. We often went there to watch them or when they came down to our areas we would take her hiking at times. She just had her 19th birthday yesterday.
This area was at the foot of Mt. Baldy and a favorite of the kids.
Desde pequeña, se ha acostumbrado a esta niña a caminar y esa buena costumbre la acompañará cuando se haga mayor.
ReplyDeleteBuena protagonista ha tenido tus buenas fotos.
Un abrazo.
thanks Antonia
DeleteBeautiful area and the perfect place for littles to burn off steam.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely was at the time - the stream was a favorite of all of them.
DeleteWhat wonderful experiences your grands had! Sounds like a dream location where you lived. Having trails nearby would be so, so nice. Have I told you how much I love that postcard header?
ReplyDeletei love that header also. I have one for Sky Forest which was Santa'sVillage in the old days. I like that one too. They have the old cars.
DeleteWhat a wonderful tradition of hiking with your kids and grandkids!
ReplyDeleteI love that you have a trail right behind your house.
Holly is lucky to have those special memories with you—happy belated birthday to her!