Camden wanted to carry his own backpack with a water bottle and snack. Later on it got too heavy and his brothers and I took turns packing it and the other backpack around. When Drew got tired and cranky he dumped it on the ground and the abruptness of his action popped the lid off of a large water bottle and it soaked the bag. I'd like to say he learned his lesson but later in the hike he did the same thing with the other backpack and so both were wet. Jacob won the prize for ending the hike wearing BOTH backpacks since I was packing either Emmie or Camden and Grandpa was helping with little ones and carrying Emmie's bag.
I brought along Callie's little camera and was surprised to find that it proved to be a good motivator to keep the kids hiking ("in 5 more minutes you can take a turn with the camera"). My boys were really good at pointing out interesting things in nature. Drew loved this moss-covered rock and took the picture himself.
One of the rewards of this morning was spending time with my younger children with no distractions. I LOVED it when I heard Jacob telling me that he loves hiking! I got to hear fun details from his hike in Arizona last week.
A really huge and interesting tree
We made it to the springs! Emmie promptly found a log just her size and settled in.
After hiking 1.8 miles uphill, Camden was too tired to even sit up with his siblings for a cute picture.
Even with fall colors well past, the scenery was beautiful. It is so peaceful to be out in nature! Bottom right, a crazy aspen tree took a 90 degree turn.
Grandpa took turns with me carrying Emmie. She walked perhaps half of the time - still an incredible feat for a 2 year old.
We missed the other three members of our family. Let's do this again when we can all go!
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