Kids are crazy. One second they'll be yelling in your face about how completely different from you they are, then the next minute they're repeating you verbati

Kids are crazy. One second they'll be yelling in your face about how completely different from you they are, then the next minute they're repeating you verbatim to a friend. You can absolutely get a kid excited about a long walk. It sounds like in your case your kid was enjoying it more than you were ;)