Daredevil Zoe

Zoe has made it abundantly clear that she is just as fearless and thrill-seeking as Hannah has always been. Here she is at Blackie's Pasture conquering the slide solo as daddy looks on, obviously confident she's got it mastered.

Woo hoo!!!!
So, when are you guys going to take me to some real mountains???

What Goes Up...

Must Come Down...

Again, and again, and again!

Hannah, you are really loving the slide at Mountain Lake Park...
You like to walk up the 23 steps by yourself
(while leaning over and holding onto the big blue round rail)

The first five or six times up you march straight up the stairs,
At the top, you like to say 'Hello' to the other kids
Then you sit down and scrunch forward on your butt like an inch-worm
You inch yourself to the edge of the slide and push off with both hands
You like to lie back with your neck crooned forward
So that you can watch the descent through your toes

The next five or six trips up the stairs you take your time
Watching the other boys and girls, laughing and shouting
As they race each other up the stairs or crawl up the rocks
And then again as they fly down the slide
Some go head first, some try standing, some sit tandem
As you get more tired, the more they start to blur with the
Sky at the top, the sand at the bottom

When you finally get tired,
After more than 200 steps and 10 slides,
You remember to take a break
A nice backwards / forwards break
Where you like to meditate
- on the swings...

How's The Weather Down There?

The First Rung Conquered
Freedom, perception, plateau
New horizon line