Crashing and Burning and New Life in Oaks Bottom
View of Wilhelm Mortuary from the trail I recently lamented to Meg about my dis-like of having church at 1:00 p.m., because it's difficult to do anything significant either before or after our meetings, and how I wish the weather was better last Sunday (because I didn't have extra meetings, due to my status of single-parentness ) so we could have gone on a family hike in nearby Oaks Bottom, as the trail was recently reopened after Mother Nature damaged its usefulness last spring. My brain fails to process from time-to-time, but thankfully Meg was actually home and able to suggest that I take the kids right now, as the sun had just come out and we were home early (Stake Conference was done by noon). Aaron and Ian enlisted to the cause, and we set off on the short trip via bike. Ian, Warrior Ian has been riding his balance bike for nearly two years now, and he has mastered the act. But as he was leading us down the steep hill to Oaks Bottom, he started wobbling, lost co...