My 20 year old daughter as been taking classes this summer and she took her last final yesterday. Today she hurriedly packed a backpack and was heading out for a several day hike in the White Mountains.
She is a newbie at this. She has hiked with me when she was younger, but I always did the planning, the navigating, and humped the heavier items. I wish I had been teaching her instead of making things easy for her, but back then she appeared to have no interest in hiking with dad and I was just happy when I could cajole her along. Now Miss. Independent insisted this was going to be a solo trip, and barely allowed me to review what she was in her pack. Then she decided she wanted to hammock for the first time ever and my 15 minute tutorial on my kit now feels totally inadequate.
She is stubborn and obstinate just like her mother.
She agreed to let me drop her off and resupply her at road crossings, but I really wish I was coming along. Shortly after I dropped her off at the Glencliff AT trailhead it started raining a bit. I really don't like the idea of her heading down the wet Chutes and Ladders of the Beaver Brook Trail tomorrow (with her stubby little legs).
Anyway, not much I can do. I'm sure she will be fine, I just needed to vent.
She is a newbie at this. She has hiked with me when she was younger, but I always did the planning, the navigating, and humped the heavier items. I wish I had been teaching her instead of making things easy for her, but back then she appeared to have no interest in hiking with dad and I was just happy when I could cajole her along. Now Miss. Independent insisted this was going to be a solo trip, and barely allowed me to review what she was in her pack. Then she decided she wanted to hammock for the first time ever and my 15 minute tutorial on my kit now feels totally inadequate.
She is stubborn and obstinate just like her mother.
She agreed to let me drop her off and resupply her at road crossings, but I really wish I was coming along. Shortly after I dropped her off at the Glencliff AT trailhead it started raining a bit. I really don't like the idea of her heading down the wet Chutes and Ladders of the Beaver Brook Trail tomorrow (with her stubby little legs).
Anyway, not much I can do. I'm sure she will be fine, I just needed to vent.
“Of all sad words of tongue or pen,
the saddest are these, 'It might have been.”
John Greenleaf Whittier
the saddest are these, 'It might have been.”
John Greenleaf Whittier