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Hiking is a good pastime

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Reasons to agree Hiking is good exercise.  Images that agree : Lick Creek Road, Above McCall Idaho. My daughter with a stick and a flower that she found along our trip. (Photo: My brother, 2012) My brother's daughter carried our daughter on her shoulder, let her hold a big toad that she caught (James wouldn't hold it), and showed my kids the "zit tree". J was fast and stayed with his cousins, and so I got to walk slowly with Alison. My daughter and I on a rock (Photo: My brother, 2012) This is a big tree. Or as my youngest would tell us on this day, perhaps 300 times: "Trees are big". My daughter getting a ride from her cousin

Summer Vacation to visit the family can be hard but are important

Assertion #1: Summer Vacation to visit the family can be hard... Reasons to agree : 1.      It is hard to travel with kids that are younger than 2. 1.      Young kids have separation anxiety. 2.      Young kids may have problems sleeping in new places.  2.      Kids have a hard time getting out of and into routines.  3.      Traveling is hard 1.      Traffic can be annoying 2.      Being in a car for a long time is hard, especially for kids. It hurts my lower back. 4.      Our kids always get sick on vacation. 1.      2012 1.      J through up on a mattress, and in bed two days before we left. 2.      P through up in bed. 3.      My wife was sick, and we got a late start.  4.   ...