The first night in the tent…let’s just say there is room for improvement. 😊 Flo and I were toasty as our set-up is tried and proven time and again. Both kids were cold and complained, waking us up repeatedly. So our mood was not the best when the alarm went off in the morning.
Breakfast was the first ray of light in a grey day with lots of drizzle. The Agent of Entropy devoured a whole banana. Nonetheless, you could just tell that everybody was sleep-deprived and slightly grumpy. Flo wouldn’t be deterred though: There was a tower on a hill which you could see from our campsite and he was determined to get to that tower. Today. So, we packed our backpacks and hit the track.
Number 3 was not amused. He was in no mood to walk. At all. He managed to cross the field to the village where the track was about to start. Trying to solve the conundrum, Flo decided to carry Number 3 in the carrier while I had the Agent of Entropy in the cloth wrap. It was quite an exhausting way of hiking…
The track, however, was worth it. It started with a steep section through dense forest with animal statues on both sides to show kids what kind of animals used this habitat. Further up we went to the saddle where we had an early lunch with delicious bread and cheese. The Agent of Entropy took a nap while Number 3 explained that he couldn’t sleep because he had to see every single tree we passed.
About 1km from the tower Number 3 decided that his battery was sufficiently charged now that he could walk a little. It was okay for about 200 meters and then he had a full-on melt-down when he wasn’t allowed back into the carrier. He screamed at the top of his lungs for the rest of the way to the tower. Since I had asked him about a million times if he was sure that he wanted to walk now and that he couldn’t get back into the carrier before we reached the tower…we just all had to suffer through this. At the top, we had another break with snacks.
Flo went up the tower to enjoy the views, the kids and I stayed on ground level.
The way down on the other side was fun. Number 3 more than redeemed himself with being a great pleasure to hike with for the rest of the way. First, we went down quite a rocky path, then a steep slope to finally come back to a wide hiking path. Only on the wide pathway did Number 3 need more encouragement and the occasional boost off being carried a few meters. We were back at the campsite around 4pm, six hours after we started.
Flo was totally the hero in this piece as he carried both kids for the last kilometer of our hike. Needless to say: getting the kids to bed was easy this night. Not falling asleep right next to them proved to be much harder…
we had colder before, but not the wee ones 
yes, put the pebbles in there … not into my coffee! 
thanks – cool spot 
Exploration comence 
hello, anyone home? 
up the hill we go 
Look at that guilty hobbit 
can you spot the animal? 
hillclimbing is hard 
feels like i have a stowaway 
Getting higher and higher 
“battery full, I can walk” he said 
scene from the forrest 
less then enthusiatic 
Tower at the edge of Baden-Baden city limits 
“I want NOT!” 
slowly improving mood 
two smug bugs 
the view back to our campground 
View from the top of the tower north 
look down the stairs from the viewing platform 
I am a flower, you can not see me 
downhill energy 
… and booost 
Found a butterfly in the sun … 
… to be explored 
almost made it, 5 hrs in 
did I fall asleep? 
ok, brief recharge 
one is missing? 
Well rested 
aaaaand out
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