30 Stories - Eighteen - HIKING WITH TODDLERS

Hi everybody,

Thanks to the feedback of @geekgirl I decided to stop the 'one-photo series' and evolve my 30 day challenge into blogging about the adventures we experience and document them with a bit more photos. I hope you like it!

FENNA'S FIRST REAL HIKE

For those who don't know me, I live in a converted schoolbus with my girlfriend, my dog and my two and a half year old daughter Fenna. This summer we spend four months in Norway with our hostel on wheels and these pictures tell the tales of Fenna's first real hike. We met someone who told us that toddlers have the capacity to hike about the same amount of kilometers as their age. In Fenna's case that would be two and a half.

FENNA LOVES TO CHILL

We walked up quite a steep mountain, but sometimes the little one needs a rest and daddy (or sometimes mommy) is the one she can count on to help her overcome her tiredness. She loves to hang on my back when we're hiking and doesn't have the energy to hike herself.

FENNA LOVES MOMMY TOO

Sometimes she just want to be carried for a couple of meters and the fastest way to get her cross a part of the hike is to carry her on our shoulders.

FENNA LOVES SNOW TOO

A patch of snow is nothing Fenna worries about :)

SURPRISE ON TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN

The total duration of the hike was around six hours (3,5 up and 2,5 down) and on top of the mountain was a stone hut with a roof that was easy to climb. We enjoyed the incredible view over the fjords up there and chilled a bit after Fenna's first hike. She did not walk the whole way, but she did enjoy big parts of it. It's so nice to see her conquer rocks to get to the top. For her, every stone is a hurdle she loves to stride.

I never knew that hiking with toddlers would give them so much pleasure!

Don't hesitate to ask me any questions about our life on the road or this series of posts that I am writing.

Cheers!

PS: I changed my 30 day challenge's title into 30 stories, because of the feedback of @geekgirl, she made me realise that my life is quite different from the regular daily 9-5 routine and that I can share some more insights into how we spend our days. As a side-note I must say that I am still quite proud that I am persisting to write daily for 30 days straight.

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