Last week on facebook, I noticed one of my friends had listed in her status that she was doing a 17 mile hike over Spring Break. I was intrigued and told Chris about it. We started talking about hiking and how far we could realistically make it with our kids. We settled in on a 7.5 mile hike that Chris had taken the scouts on last year. There was a lot of bouldering at the top (and everyone knows that kids LOVE to climb on rocks), so we felt like it would provide excitement and fun for everyone!
Surprisingly, we had very little complaining from the little ones. We realized early on that I had made a critical error in choosing Savannah's hiking boots instead of her tennis shoes.....they were about half a size too small and her heels were being rubbed. Chris carried her a little as we climbed the mountain, but she gained her second wind and didn't complain again till right at the end. She ended up with two big blisters; one on each heel. Shelby wasn't too happy about spending her Easter Break hiking, so she went on ahead of us and we don't have any pics of her, but rest assured, she completed the hike.....in record time!
It took us just under 6 hrs. to complete our hike and the views from the top were stunning!
We are all a bit sore now, but I am proud to say, we are a hiking family! The kids can't wait till the next one!
5 comments:
Looks like a beautiful hike! We enjoy hiking with our family too - we have a tradition of doing a hike every Memorial Day and then we head back to my mom's house for a big pancake breakfast!
That looks like a lot of fun. And don't you love moody teenagers? We've got a few here and some days I'd love to give them a swift kick in the ***! At least she came with you.
When are you coming out? I'd love to meet you for dinner one of the nights. I can drive down to Provo if you have some free time. And next year, call me and I'll you join you all.
I can't wait until we can hike again. We walked out to St. Thomas (2 mi) and that was enough as we were both carrying babies and had a moody 10yr old.
Tucker thinks his cousins are REALLY strong to lift that HUGE rock.
yea!! We love hiking..and kind of gave up on it with kids. We do short walks, in the stroller, but not much hiking anymore. Recently however, Cole's been asking when we can go hiking. We'll have to get into it again. Janine, I miss you, miss Richmond, miss the east!!
WHAT GREAT FUN!!!! and the view is just amazing! We went on a hike too over spring break :0) But it was onlly 2 miles for the reason you talked about on this posting :)
so it makes me excited as they get older :0)
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