Friday, January 19, 2024
This morning I woke up with really tight hips. I did some yoga to try to stretch out a bit. It felt great. I haven’t done yoga in forever.
After that, I did a bunch more writing, but I’m still way behind on writing about this trip.
In the afternoon, we took the kids for a 10k walk from my Mom’s house to the Riverwoods. Ian identified a Woodhouse Scrub Jay, which was really fun. He’s becoming more aware of the birds around.
We stopped for a pit-stop at Kneaders, and we bought a loaf of chocolate bread. Then, while we were eating, they brought us out another loaf and told us it was on the house. A while later, the manager came out and said hi. He told us that when he saw us come in he thought there was no way we could be OK with just one loaf, so he gave us another one.
6.2 miles is pretty far for these kids to hike, and River was really sleepy. But the other kids did great!
Distance Hiked Today: 9.93km/6.17mi
Distance hiked on trip: 27.35km/16.99mi
When we got home, the kids wanted to go to the temple. So we got dressed and drove to Provo. It was packed! In Detroit, we’re used to each baptism session being a separate “event.” In these bigger temples, they don’t even check if people have had an appointment. They just keep the thing rolling. You get dressed, and you get in line in the chapel. And they just work through everyone who is there. It’s pretty awesome.
