we went to the big rock just outside of okotoks on the weekend.
matt and i had both been to the rock for field trips in junior high and remember it being pretty dull, so we didn't have high hopes for this outing.
going there was just an excuse to get out of the house and go for a little drive.
chet really likes rocks these days - he has an ever-growing rock collection that he takes much pride in - so it was pretty easy to sell him on the idea.
- hey chet, want to see the BIGGEST ROCK EVER?!
- yaaaaa!
- ok, get in the car.
i believe the technical term for the rock is erratic.
apparently it is a huge piece of rock that was carried from the rocky mountains by an enormous glacier thousands of years ago.
and now it sits in the middle of the alberta prairies, so it totally looks out of place.
if you are into geology, or history, or other intellectual stuff, you would probably have an appreciation for the erratic and how it got where it is.
but to regular people like us.. it is just a big rock.
we were under the impression that you aren't supposed to climb on the rock (and the fence around it confirmed that idea), but when got to the rock lots of people were climbing on it... so we joined in.
and in doing that we taught our kids an important life lesson:
if everyone else is doing it, it is ok for you to do it too.
climbing on the rock is what that outing successful.
the boys (mostly matt and chet) had so much fun climbing.
i always need matt to hold my hand during activities like this, but now our dang kids always want to steal his hands from me.
so i am sure matt thinks i am super annoying (even though he never lets me feel that way) because he has to help our entire family do totally-not-scary activities.
but i can't help it.. i am a chicken.
