Mahito Forever

The first night my husband and I met the big man was the night before an Arroyo Seco hike….He said come on along it will be a great time! I asked what shoes I should wear, hiking, running, or boots? He said, “Ahhh, I always wear flip flops! That’s not a tough hike!”
So off we went on the adventure; my husband in his hiking shoes, me in my “all terrain” sandals, and of course Mahito did wear his flip flops. About half way up the hill the tops of my feet were blistered, so I took off the shoes and walked barefoot…it was about 110 degrees that day so the bottoms of my feet were burned too by the time we got to the water. The cool water really helped! I told him he gave me some new soles to walk on after that hike 😉

All the pain was so worth it because the day went down in infamy…While having a great time in the pools Ben and Mahito decided to see what a crawdad would look like as an earring! We all ended up on Jay Leno’s Tonight show with the crawdad video. If you paused the TV long enough you could see my husband and I in the boat in the background of the shot. It was a day that will live forever in my memories as a wonderful and adventurous weekend. After that we knew we had found a great group of people to hang out with!  We love and miss you big guy!

Kris Cagigao