Thinking Allowed: We meet again Kosciuszko

Last year we had such a great time in the snowy mountains hiking up to Kosciuszko we were eager to repeat the excursion again this year. We were hoping that if we waited a bit longer into Spring there would be less snow hiking up top but in fact the Spring has been cooler and there was more snow than last time, especially given it snowed three days ago. But the kids were happy to have a chance to walk through snow so we went ahead with our plans.

We knew that Tova could not walk the whole 13 kilometers and that the trail was relatively flat so we decided to drag our stroller up the ski lift with us thinking that we would push her until the snowiest bits. What we didn't know is that shortly after arriving in the Snowies Tova would develop a fever, cling to us like a little koala, and even sitting up would be exhausting.

And we made the possibly poor parenting decision of going for our hike sick child and all. Which I have to say worked out alright. The stroller made it up the ski lift. Tova perked up a bit for the ski lift ride and then settled into her chariot to take a much needed sleep. It wasn't easy going pushing her up the trail but it was worth the effort. Halfway to the peak, when we hit larger snow drifts, I headed back with Tova (still sleeping happily) and Jakob continued with the girls to the summit. Sophia and Aurora were both very excited to summit the peak again and when we met up in the afternoon they were both rosy cheeked and jubilant looking. Another victory for the young Teitelbaums. Tova got ice cream so she felt victorious also.