Hiking the Trails

I grew up near a wonderful set of hiking trails but have never been out on them. Today I made a solemn vow that I was taking my children hiking when I got home from work but just as we were walking up the road it got dark and began to thunder. Now the wind is blowing. Oh, well, I guess it will be another day!

We had a lovely day in camp. Papermaking in the AM -- we enjoyed tinting the pulp different colors. After we added red to the blue we got the most marvelous purple. It was a very royal purple. And no snails had to die! :-) Then we made Greek vases and painted geometric designs around the borders of our cloth napkins. In the afternoon we made pita bread. It turned out well except that it didn't puff like it should because we didn't set the stove up correctly. You have to remove the top element so it is only getting heat from the bottom. Still tasty, though, especially with a little feta cheese.

Stories for today were Athens and Sparta teaming up against the Persians, the pass at Thermopolye and the successful win for the Greeks, the Golden Age of Athens, and then Athens vs. Sparta in the Peloponnesian war and the life and death of Socrates.