Hiking in the city

It was weird having a Saturday where there wasn't something going on. Last week we got to help with an Eagle project, cleaning up overgrown brush and raking old leaves and such. It felt great being able to work outside. But this week we didn't have any plans. We had barely mentioned ideas the day prior. The only thing Hunny agreed to do was hike despite my awesome ideas. It still took us a while to get out the door. Since getting farther in my pregnancy, it takes me a lot longer to get out of bed in the mornings, especially when there isn't anything going on.

We finally made it out the door after lunch. We grabbed some water and headed out, though neither of us knew where we were going. We knew there was a hill that had trails, we saw it! We just had to find the trailhead. Eventually we found one up a steep road. What with all my extra blood I'm pumping I was breathing hard, fortunately a lot of the trail was in the shade so I was doing okay. When I discovered that Hunny was as sweaty as I was I felt better about myself. It didn't help thought that we decided to wear black...

Because neither of us knew where we were or where any of the trails went, we meandered aimlessly from turn to turn. Though Hunny seemed to be picking the trails that went up. Every so often there would be some exercise equipment. This is very common for Korea; because hiking itself is not enough of a workout. So every time we would come across some equipment, I would out Hunny on an interesting one. The first one was a barbell with a 10kg weight on each side. My mind converted this to 4 pounds each. When I tried lifting it and couldn't I just figured I was just that weak having lost much muscle from the first trimester. I then attempted to 'help' Hunny out by adding some resistance and rest my hand on the bar. After 60 reps though Hunny pointed out that my conversion was wrong... Very wrong. 10kg is 22 lbs. So almost 45lbs total... no wonder I had a hard time lifting it... And why Hunny didn't want me adding any extra weight. :)



Continuing up the hill we came across a nice little pagoda. We were pretty high up. We were much higher up then the hill we hiked for New Year's sunrise because we could see it a little ways off and it was way below us. Whew!

At another exercise equipment area they had a hangy upside down thing. You slide your feet in and flip over and hold. Because I'm so far along I'm pretty sure I can't be upside down but Hunny sure liked it. I'm surprised they had it out in the open. In the States that seems like it would be such a safety hazard that there would be all kinds of restrictions and liability what-not's. Not here! Then just down the way a bit there was a bare foot walking course. Hunny gave it a go. Small pebbles and half logs, angled stones and tiny stumps. Not sure why people would submit themselves to such torture.

Trying to work our way back we got a little turned around from not knowing where we were going in the first place. We came across this high security fence line; double fence with crazy amounts of barbwire and security guards. Pretty sure we hadn't walked that far North... Hunny tried talking to the guard to see if he could cross through the gates that were there. Silly husband! He made me think that he didn't know where we were. Of course, pilots always know where they are and how to get where they want to go. We finally got going in the right way and found our way home.

The awesome thing was that we hadn't gone a mile from home before we were in a wooded area. It felt like we were out in the forest and away from the city. You could hardly hear the street sounds. It was nice and relaxing and a gorgeous day out. It didn't have to be a big ordeal, it was so close and still so nice. I look forward to going out again and exploring different parts. I heard that there are tiny waterfalls! And to think these awesome trails have been right across the street the whole time!