You make a valid point. Most of the trips is to get to a nice waterfall or some nesting eagles etc. These trips are too far for her to walk the whole way, so I expected to carry her part of it. I guess we should do some trips that are closer so that she can do the whole trip on her own

Thanks. I'm not too worried about making it into some big life-lesson right now, so your suggestions are very helpful. It's obvious in hindsight that they enjoy it in a different way, but that actually never occurred to me. I like the idea of pretend play. She loves the fantasy games and will leave no stone unturned if I tell her we are looking for fairies.

Thanks. I like the idea of singing songs and playing games. Will try that this weekend. I'll try the other suggestions if that doesn't work, but she can manipulate like a pro when you bring rewards into the picture. I think I'll end up giving her a treat for every single step she takes :)