Our last day! And it was another cold morning! We got up early and got the kids up and were on the trail by 8 am - Ben's goal!
The fourth day and they were still smiling - even with their packs on. Awesome!
One handsome guy!
We cruised on this hike! We "only" had four miles to do - and I guess we had gotten stronger or something! Also, we didn't have much boulder-scrambling, bush-wacking, or wash-climbing like we had the other three days. Lucy was our leader for most of this day and she did so great and kept a fairly good pace!
I'm so strong and funny and original.
A cool spot on our hike. We were getting close . . .
And we made it! By 10:15 am - it was a record for us! What a great trip.
As our hike was a horseshoe-loop, we had to leave Ben's bike at the Ranger station. So he got on his bike and rode about 7 miles to our car left at the Bullet Canyon trailhead. Besides his chain coming off over half-a-dozen times, he had a nice ride.
We hung out at the ranger station while Ben biked. I cooked up some mashed potatoes for the kids - they LOVED it.
We were totally impressed by these kids - all of them. There were very minimal complaints and they backpacked 25 miles! Wow. Indeed, we can do hard things.
And awesome things!
3 comments:
ACK! So amazing! You guys really are the coolest and I want to be just like you...but without four kids. :)
What an adventure!!!! It sounds as if everyone really did well. It was truly quite an achievement.
I love this!! I have been telling David we should get on a backpacking trip, and there you are making it happen - so cool. Impressed you could get so close to the ruins, too - just awesome.
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