Indian River Hike

Shane and I went on a fun hike near where we live before I went to the states, but being a haphazard poster lately without a computer of my own at the moment, it has taken me a little while to post this.  Liz and Emmy were leaving and I wanted her to show us where this hike was before she left, so she was kind enough to take us and we had a blast with them and Jessie, Stacy, Matix, and Hawken.  It started just a little ways from our house, and I had to have a picture at the start with this sign... it always makes me laugh when I see signs that are spelled phonetically like they talk here (Round de Corner)

We started out hiking through a bunch of different fruit trees and little groves,

and then we got to the spot where they take you on the Indian River Boat tour. 

These pictures of Shane in the pack make me laugh, just because of the size of the pack and how far off of me it sticks out.  He is feeling really heavy to carry in this lately, and I can see why now! 

We hiked over giant tree roots, dodging crabs and fallen fruit, crossed muddy rivers, and stopped at a good spot to swim for a bit.  After the swim the scenery totally changed and it was a flat for a ways so I let Shane walk for awhile.  This is lemongrass, and it smelled delightful.  It stretched out like this for awhile and reminded me of a place they would shoot a commercial for healthy food or something.

Silly boy, he wanted to walk IN the lemon grass

And of course, kiss Emmy.  We sure do miss her!

It ended up by a horse farm and out onto the main road in town.  It was a fun day, a great workout, and I'm looking forward to doing it with Josh and my family in a couple of weeks!