At the summit, better feed this group!

The views from the top were awesome and the fact the rain had held off and the sky was starting to show some blue was even better. After getting our groupies and Taylors 2,463 selfies, we found ourselves a nice spot in a field away from the peak. As we all scrunched into the only 2 square feet of field not covered in sheep poop, we started to pull out the yummy packed food - raspberry’s, salami, cheese, crackers, short bread, small sweet strawberries, and blueberries the size of, of, well, of those small sweet strawberries! It was a great break, a great lunch, and a gorgeous view. I’m so grateful the ladies hung with and dragged me up the rest of the way. I felt like I was home again, hiking with my family as a kid, enjoying the all the sites and sounds of this unbelievable planet! Of course, there are also some downsides, like Ecoli. Let me tell you about ecoli, dropping a strawberry onto a sheep poop strewn field, does not allow for one to call on the five second rule to allow the berry to still be eaten, no matter how hungry you are or even if it’s the last strawberry. And I want to provide a quick shout out to KK who bravely shook Denise and I out of our disgusted trance, to remind us of what our daughter was getting ready to do. Now, I don’t know if Ecoli runs in sheep poop on the top of 50 degree, wind blown hills, but I know that if you yell out Ecoli when your daughter is getting ready to eat something that has just lain on that field, well, as a parent, you’ll jump too. And that’s why, poor Taylor’s strawberry ended up about 25 yards away and I learned a valuable lesson, don’t let Denise backhand you, or it might be your tooth vs a strawberry laying in that field!Read more