Motho

We went hiking again on Sunday at Claude Moore Park. Brian was able to join us this time, and brought along some good books to help us identify some of the flowers along the trail.

An important part of any hike is to stop for a snack. Pete likes to look for a stump he can sit on.


Sam is content to snack on a bridge.


Note the sticks in the above picture. You have to be careful with Sam - if you hand him a stick, it becomes his friend and he needs to retain it for the remainder of the hike. On this particular hike, he ended up with 3 or 4 sticks that he had to carry. This included one large one that he had to drag behind him. Also, note the rugged hiking boots that Sam insisted on wearing.

You need to make sure you don't give a name to something, because then it becomes a friend. At the magic playground 2 weeks ago, Pete befriended a moth that we called motho (pronounced mo'th-oh). We took him down the slide and all over the playground. We still miss Motho. This is how we decided that we really need to look into getting a pet turtle.