Exercise...But Fun!



Harstene State Park Beach



Today Dave and I were invited to go with our daughter Lora and son-in-law Tim and 5 year-old grandson Brady on a hike. The trail we have been on before (years ago), but I remembered it was extremely steep going down to the saltwater beach. I wasn't wrong! Both my daughter and I agreed it would have been nice if we had to climb up to begin with (to warm up) and then walk down afterwards because it was pretty cold and foggy when we started out. We were wearing warm clothes and gloves (it is only February in Washington, after all!) Once we got down to the beach and out of the forest it was much warmer. We did some beachcombing and exploring as well as taking in the beautiful views.



Getting ready for the uphill hike!

 The hike back up to the trailhead was a very good workout for me. Lora and Tim are runners and work-out regularily (ever heard of P90X?) but they agreed it was pretty steep going up! Brady stopped a couple times and said, "But I'm not going to quit!" So I didn't either.

Once at the top, we had a lunchtime snack of cheeses, turkey, carrots and sliced cucumbers and radishes. A few goldfish crackers and fruit leather rounded out the 'feast'.