Sunday was the day dedicated to spending time together as a family doing something fun and hiking is always fun. Fun and hard, hot and cold, tiring, exhausting and the opportunity for some very cool pictures. Needless to say we were wiped after the 3 hour hike in the mountains but we still had a great time, we spent quality time together, got some fresh air and exercise and saw really neat things.
The morning started out early so we could beat the traffic, by 9:00 am we were on the trail headed into new territories. This hike was 1.8 miles each way and by the time we were done it felt like it. This was also the first time Summer would be hiking in panties and she did great! She did pee once along the trail after I asked if she had to go, I managed to use a tree and branch to brace her up and she didn't get anything on her. I am still amazed at her holding ability.
We saw a lot of neat things on the hike up, berries, flowers, pine cones, rotting trees, the moon, and when we made it almost to the top we saw water. I don't think seeing a trickle of water in a stream would be as impressive anywhere else, but seeing water flowing naturally so close to Las Vegas is just amazing, almost unreal. The water is mountain run off and so clear and cold - very cold, you can ask Summer if you don't believe me.
Summer was such a little hiker, she started out wanting to be held and carried but she actually walked quite a bit of the trail, which is asking a lot of a 2 year old with little legs. I took this hike as an opportunity to take pictures of the neat things we saw, like some unique and bright looking flowers.
and a rotting tree.
and pine cones.
By the time we were heading back it was after twelve she Summer was exhausted both mentally and physically.
As we were headed back down much faster than we got up, Summer fell asleep in daddy's arms. Very cute except very hard to carry dead weight like that. I don't know how we managed to carry her down, well Kris did most of it, I could barely hold her.
It was a great day, we love spending time hiking and smelling the fresh pine and listening to the wind blow through the trees. I never thought we would become hiking people but many weekends were spent hiking these past few months. I am looking forward to the seasonal changes but I know it will be cold soon. We are already discussing what we can do once the temperature drop down. Do you have any good ideas?
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