We have set a goal--it is as followed.
Take the number of weeks in the summer. Now multiply that by 1 1/2. There, you have the number of hikes that we must complete before we begin college in the fall. (By the way, that italicization of the word "college" was for dramatic emphasis. We are old folk, we are.)
After much painstaking calculation, it has been determined that we must complete 20 hikes before the summer is through. A good number, right?
It has also been determined that, should we complete 20 hikes before the summer is through, we--Stephie Poo and Danikins--will award ourselves with [insert special hiking reward here.] But! If we go the extra mile, so to speak, and complete a number of hikes that is greater than 20, we shall award ourselves with [insert even MORE special hiking reward here.]
Capisce?
