Friday, August 12, 2011

#3. Hiking

So last night I went on a "un-official date" with this really cute and amazing guy. We decided to go hiking at a Provincial Park not too far from my parents house. When we got to the Park we started off with following the trail down to the river. Then we tried to look for crayfish but didn't have any luck finding them. Eventually we hit the end of the stone path into the water.
We didn't want to go back on the same trail so we thought we'd go a little off course, but then we got stuck between a cliff and the water. Again, instead of going back from where we came we decided to be adventurous and climb UP the cliff! It was a verrrrrry steep climb but we managed to use vines and trees to scale it. We were nearly at the top of the cliff when my friend noticed a huge patch of poison ivy. We had actually climbed right in the middle of it!
Since he was wearing jeans, and I was wearing shorts, he climbed up past me and helped me up onto a very unstable log that was free from the poisonous plant. Then we jumped to a big tree that lead us to the top of the cliff. Not only had we reached the top, but we were on someones property who, by the "No Trespassing" signs, clearly did not want us there. We had to use a barbwire gate/fence to exit the property - luckily we didn't have to go back down that cliff! We ended up hiking through some fields after that.
We both had a lot of fun, and thankfully neither of us got poison ivy!!!

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