Mount Olympus...

We celebrated our two year anniversary a week early because it was the only weekend that worked into our schedules for the next month or so. We thought that instead of gifts we would rather spend some time together. We decided to hike Mount Olympus because I had never done it before and Greg said that he had done it years ago, and he didn’t remember it being too hard. It turned out to be pretty brutal, mainly because we were unprepared. I realized the night before that I had lost my hiking shoes and decided just to wear a pair of old tennis shoes which was not a good idea. Also, we ran out of water when we got to the saddle (about 30 minutes from the top of the mountain) so we decided that was as far as we were going to go. I have already gotten a lot of crap because we didn’t hike to the top but at the time I really didn’t care; it was a beautiful view from the saddle and the hike was meant to be enjoyable. Unfortunately the hike down was miserable; my knees and feet were killing me, it was really hot and we were dying of thirst. I kept telling myself the whole way down that I would never climb this mountain again, but now that I am finished I think I would definitely do it again. I would just make sure I had good hiking shoes, enough water and I would start a little earlier to hopefully miss the heat of the afternoon. Anyways, later that night after our hike we went and got massages. I was so tired and the massage was so relaxing that I almost fell asleep. Afterwards we went to the Melting Pot. I really liked the cheese and the chocolate fondue. I thought the rest of the meal was a little over-rated but it was still good.