Conquering the mountain…

Last weekend on our Sunday walk Triston asked if we could climb to the top of the mountain, it was about 6 in the evening so I promised him that we would go this weekend… and a promise is a promise!

Waking up yesterday morning, I could see the excitement growing in his eyes… we were going to the top of the mountain! We went to the shops, got all we needed for a two man picnic, packed a bunch of toys (because he neeeeds them) and set off to the Wonderboom Nature Reserve.

Arriving at our destination we found a nice shady spot and started on our picnic, I explained to him what nature entails… you know, trees, grass, animals and bugs! He found the largest stick he could lay his hands on and started hunting buck, he even offered me the biltong stuck at the end of the stick (he has such a great imagination)

Then we set off on our great expedition! OK so it took me about 20 min to find out where the hiking trail was, and Triston seemed unimpressed with the actual Wonderboom.  We headed into the mountain and it was stunning, so green and alive! He stopped to poke at bugs and look at the different types of leaves, we looked inside hollowed out trees and saw beautiful spider webs and thankfully no huge spiders. We listened to the birds and stopped to look for nests up in the trees.

As we climbed higher and higher the green canopy gave way to the open air and the sun started beating down on us. But it didn’t bother us one little bit! I explained and showed Triston the different patterns water made on the stones and all the different shades and shapes the earth made on the rocks.

Every time we came to a split in the path I allowed Triston to choose our direction, and every time he chose the route taking us higher up. We climbed till my nerves couldn’t take it anymore. It’s amazing when you look out and feel the quiet and calm out there, then it hits you like a rock… it’s quiet and I’m on a mountain with my nearly 4 year old! So when I started feeling to worried we’d sit down have a chat and a drink and once my nerves where calm we’d head out again.

 We eventually headed down, and I must admit the trip down was allot more daunting than the trip up, but we made it with some giggles and sitting down every so often (we where bushed!) when we reached the bottom Triston looked at me with a silly grin of happiness and said “We can go home now Mommy” and that exactly what we did.

What a fantastic day!!

I hope you all have an awesome week!

Rochelle