480-something stairs

Well we conquered the stairs! It only took us about 45 minutes but it was a great workout!

At the back of our neighborhood there is a path that goes down Mt. Scott and supposedly has almost 500 steps. As soon as we heard about it we knew we had to do it. So last Sunday afternoon we loaded up the CamelBack and went in search of the path. We found it pretty easily and it really didn't take as long as we thought it would. I also thought it was easier than I had prepared myself for, but I usually prepare for the worst and prefer to be happily surprised. Here are some pictures from the quick adventure!

The start of the path... its' deceiving!

Victor is not happy I'm taking his picture while he's trying to get his hike on.

On a side note, the neighborhood you see in this picture is one that we also looked at when looking for a house. It is below our current neighborhood on Mt. Scott. But the homes we looked at were foreclosures and we just didn't feel like we were up for that adventure. This neighborhood is one street that zig zags down the mountainy and has all these houses stacked on top of each other. So each one has a really great view of the valley, but it also looks directly into the all the houses below. Also, since this part is so steep there aren't any backyards. Pretty sure PB&J are happy with our decision!

And here we go down the mountain!

And back up! There had to be at least five of these long stretches of stairs.

And afterwards! Victor said he was too tired to smile... I think we was kidding :)

In other exciting news some guys showed up this week and planted a tree in our front yard completely unannounced. These trees are all planted periodically throughout the neighborhood so it makes sense that they would plant one in our yard. We just thought we might get a heads up first! This is also a view of the house across the street from ours that is being built. It's almost done and hopefully it sells quickly! There are only three houses left in our neighborhood for sale, and no more empty lots to build on. I will be really happy when they finally landscape across the street and finish out the sidewalk. Hopefully that is coming in the next week or two.

Anyway, hope y'all are having a great week! Can't wait for the weekend!

tasha