Annette mentioned she had a good discussion about your Mrs. carrying on your hikes. It helped to enlighten my wife a bit methinks! Thank her for that for me.
We still have a kid at home, so our hikes are usually Boy Scout events. And those youngin's manage to keep us in shape.
The last one I must have asked my kid to slow down at least 20 times... Now I know how my wife feels when she's asking me to slow down all the time (her short legs can't keep up)
We was hiking at Natural Bridge State Park in eastern Kentucky back in 09. Something was following us deep into a 15 mile trail. I had the MP9 that my Wife uses, but she didn't have her pink slip yep. After that incident, we decided we both should have something.
A month of so later there was a bear attack in that same area.