Another weekend has come and gone. This one was even a long one and yet, not long enough.
On Saturday the family and I got up and once again headed to Tannehill to go hiking. We were flat out determined to find the elusive slave cemetery that escaped us on our last trip up there.
We went mildly better prepared this time, took more water, made the kids all carry their own stuff, etc. We even stopped by the welcome center and got a trial map. That was the most useful thing we took! LOL We ate some lunch to fuel our bodies and headed off seeking adventure.
A little over 1.5 miles and an hour later we finally found the slave cemetery. This journey was not about the cemetery really. It was about setting a goal and achieving it. Finishing something we start. DH and I are very guilty of starting things and not finishing, or saying we're going to do something and then not doing it. It was awe inspiring being in the cemetery. I love old junk and it amazes me how some of the headstones carved out of rock have survived all this time.
We had the absolute greatest sense of accomplishment. It was HOT. If you've ever been in Alabama in the summer time, you know exactly what I mean. It was hot and humid. I had a little bit harder time this time making the hike. The humidity got to me pretty bad and I had to take more breaks. The twins even had to make more stops.
After the cemetery we had to hike back down and decided to take a different route that would bring us out over at the place they were doing a civil war re-enactment, that was another mile hike. Then back to the car. We decided to take the train part of the way back to the car. We were afraid the children would revolt if we walked it.
All in all, we hiked a little over 3 miles in a little over 3 hours or so. Nobody really kept up with the time very well. We achieved our goal and found new power within ourselves. DH and I left there thinking, if we could do that in the shape we are in, what can we do next? He's busy planning our next hiking adventure....Oak Mountain and hiking up to Pevine Falls, 2 mile hike one way straight up the mountain. Should be fun.
