Our 9-MIle Journey to Fitness Last Part - Going Back

Going back is the hard part  especially if you have rested your body already. The kids were a little exhausted although they were  very  glad that they get to rest their feet and legs for another half our 9-mile walking journey.  

 Going down Marland Heights was the easy part for the kids.  They were not complaining but I can tell that they were getting wore out.

 The sun was starting to unleash it's heat so it was hard on the kids but they were   real troopers.  They just continue without whining.

 Even the boys have slowed down so I took the chance of  taking photos of them as e move on.

 Weirton is a small city  that boarders three states, PA, WV, and OH.  The steel mill used to be the booming industry here but  according to what I've read, the Union ruined it.  Small part of the mill is still operating but the huge part is no longer inoperation which is sad.  You can see the steel coil onthe background.  

 You can tell my daughter was already wore out by the time and we still have like 2.5 miles to wlak  hat's why  we di  a short stop and let her rest.

 Our son on the other hand wasfull of energy.  He didn't slow down a bit.

 I keep motivating my daughter that  we are almost home but she knows that we arejust halway home.

 Thi is a natural spring water.  Ihave drink   a couple of times here already and  I didn't get sick.  We didn't let thekids drink here because I am not sure if their immune system can tolerate it.  Even my husband is afraid to take a drink.  Hesaid that his Dad used to get gallons of water from this  place when his grandma is visiting them because  she didn't like city water.  

 Reaching the top of the hill was a big relief for my little lady, she was otired already.

 Wehad to stop again and let her rest for a while before takin the last one mile of our walk.

 This is the house that we love along the way.  The front yard is huge.

 This is part of St. Paul Cemetery.  We bought three plots on this which will be another post next time, lol.

 We finally reached the Pennsylvania Avenue.  The sun was sointense by this time as it was non time already.

 I think the last one mile was the hardest for the kids to finish because it was too hot.

We are so thrilled that our children did it without compaining, not even a slight whine came out from them.  We are so proud of them.  Not many kids do this kind of activity especially  at their age. I am so glad we are raising  some real tropper individuals.  It's been 4 days since our long walk.  We have been going for  walks around the neighborhood but no long walk so far.  We might do it again before the summer is over.  

Our 9-MIle Journey to Fitness Part 4 - Marland Heights Hill

To continue my post about our 9-mile  family walk journey, I am showcasing the   hike  we did to the steep Marland Heights Hill.  We thought of  showibng the trail to the kids but since it was muggy that day, we were worried that there wil be lots of mosquito in the woods so we choose to take the  short but tought route.  It's also a scary road with kids because  there are parts where there is no  space for walkers.

Here pushing their best to reach for our detination, their Pap's house.

They were so releived seeing Dad's street lol.

They couldn't wait to get inside and  take a rest while visiting Dad.  He was  in bed when we arrived, it was around 10:30  and he was already drunk.  He fell from the bed when he tried to get up.  Hubby and I had a hard time picking them up.  It is very sad seeing Dad turninginto alcoholic.  He is  almost 93 and  drinking shuld not be part of his daily routine.  I wish I have the voice and tell the rest of the family to stop giving him whisky.

Anyway, we had fun visiting him.  He was ornery because he was drunk.  My husband made him  some potatoes for breakfast because he said that he  can't figure out how to  turn the oven on.

We let them eat and he kept asking me for a drink so I gave him water but he did not want that.  He then told me what kind of "grnd-daughter" I was  for saying no to him when he ask me for a drink.  I told him that I care for him that's why I don't want him to drink no more.  Besides he was already drunk and I was worried that when we leave, he is going to fal and his  his head somewhere.

After an hour or so, we  got ready to head head back.  He then told us that we only visited for 5 minutes.  Oh boy. Nevertheless, we had  fun visiting and I am sure he was   also glad that we came.  He might not remember it but that's how itgoes now that he can barely remember things.  I will be posting the last part of our journey, let us see if  thekids still have the strength toclimb the steep Greenbrier Road.  Find outhow they did on the next post.

Our 9-MIle Journey to Fitness Part 2 - Greenbrier and Cove Road

For the continuation of my post about our 9-mile walk, I posted the first part that shows our journey along the Pennsylvania Avenue.  We chose to come down this wa because  the road is not as busy as the Cove Road Hill and there are parts there that doesn't have a sace for walkers  which scares my husband withour kids with us.  If it's just the two of us, we can run andavoid the cars but with these two kiddos, it would be hard.

 So you see, this 9-mile journey is  not an all-flat  road that e are walking on.  It has  steep road to take  and for little  people like oiur kids (8 and 9 year olds), it is hard for them.  We know that they have the stamina and strength but we were worried about the traffic/cars.  Luckily, the drivers are really respectful and would slow down  for us.

The kids are so   thrilled to see some parts of the roads that we just see  abruptly when we are traveling by car.  Now that we were walking, they can fully see what's in there.  Our son was fascinated wth this car place at the bottom of the Greenier Road.  They were walking ahead of us because both  my daughter and I had to stop for several occasion to take pictures.

When driving, we don't  go to this part of Cove Road because it was on top of the hill so we showed it to them.

I told my husband that if I live on thishill, I would go for a walk on this trail  back and forth many times every day.  It is a very safe place to do your daily walking.

The kids were very happy to see this part of WEirton that they never saw before.  This is also  one reason why we  agreed to  alk with them because we wanted them to discover the  places that we don't normally go to when we are  traveling by car.  The next part of this post will be our fun adventure in downtown Weirton so please tune in.