In case you were wondering

Sylvan is fully recovered from his rainy day malaise. This was the hike I forced them into on a beautiful spring day.

As you can see, they were entirely tortured. (It helped that we had a hiking-minded young friend with us; hikes work so much better if you can bring along a spare kid or two. Well also snacks, but that goes without saying.)

We were amused by jumping over puddles and dropping bits of chips in the puddle and seeing if my camera could keep up with the action (above). Look for the yellow chip in the photo of Sylvan; I missed the chip in the photo of Jonas.

I found a perfectly shaped bottom rest, formed out of this natural Maine granite or whatever it is.