Hitting the TRAILS!

We went hiking at the narrows today. It's a nature reserve by a river. Lots of fossils and shelf fungi.

I packed food. bacon sandwiches and apples and watermelon and Organic cranberry lemonade from Trader Joes.


I made trailmix for us. Into a large plastic bowl I put sesame sticks (Trader Joes), Dry Roasted almonds (Trader Joes), whole grain pretzel nuggets (T.J.),all natural yogurt covered raisins and choc chips. Trader Joes stuff is either organic or at least all natural.

I love getting snack foods from Trader Joes. Their natural/organic chips, crackers, cookies, nuts and dried fruits.

I just ate a Trader Joes Fiberful Fruit Leather. A regular berry fruit leather with 6 grams of fiber.

My kids love trailmix. but usually I let them make their own bag. Because, of course, one boy likes cashews best and one likes yogurt covered raisins best & one likes the almonds and pretzels the best. (well, best after the choc chips). This time, one was napping and the other 2 were at Kung Fu, so I just made it. They all sat and traded ingredients before heading out to hike.

There was a flood here a few weeks ago so it was fun to see what the trails and plant life looked like post flood. There was silt debris hanging from the trees where the flood went up high.