I can't imagine a better weekend. Golf tournament on Friday - Movie in air conditioned comfort with the kids on Saturday - Hiking into Big Elk Creek on Sunday!
AND, I'd like to mention that every detail of our day today was perfection. We started by meeting some friends at Starbucks - I had a Venti, triple shot, sugar-free caramel skinny latte. (Perfect) 
We drove about 1 hour, just past Palisades Reservoir and turned left off the road. Just a little drive up a dirt road, past a campground and to the trailhead. No one had on a pedometer, so we're just guessing we hiked about 3 miles in. It was nice and cool in some areas, and the smells were amazing! We saw tons of wildflowers and some really incredible scenery in general.
Delaney is getting really good at spotting and identifying different types of wildflowers and she is just a teriffic hiker. She always has been! She can go for miles and miles and miles and she never complains. She likes to stop and look around and she's one of those kids who seems to appreciate what she's seeing.
Cameron, on the other hand, seems to struggle a little bit. He has a hard time finding a pace - so there is a lot of sprinting and stopping and sprintint and stopping. It makes it kind of hard to hike with him. Then he just goes, goes, goes until he's out of gas and the walk out can always be a little challenging. He won the family award for "Hiker Who Tried The Hardest" today. I should win the award for "Mom that encouraged a surly 6 year old for 3 miles!" 
We stopped at the Rainey Creek Store for a world famous square ice cream (Delaney had Rainey Creek Mudslide, Chris had Raspberries and Cream and Cameron and I both chose Rainbow Sherbet) 
(They were a Perfect treat after a long hike) and we made it home in plenty of time to have a hot shower and watch the Next Food Network Star!
AND, I'd like to mention that every detail of our day today was perfection. We started by meeting some friends at Starbucks - I had a Venti, triple shot, sugar-free caramel skinny latte. (Perfect) 
We had made sandwiches to take along on our hike. Deli sliced turkey, ham and roast beef with havarti and some nice colby jack. Chris has grown some pretty little leaf lettuce in our garden and we had that on our sandwiches with that delicious mustard that the Saucy Sisters in Pocatello sell at the farmers market. (Ummmm yeah...Perfect)
We drove about 1 hour, just past Palisades Reservoir and turned left off the road. Just a little drive up a dirt road, past a campground and to the trailhead. No one had on a pedometer, so we're just guessing we hiked about 3 miles in. It was nice and cool in some areas, and the smells were amazing! We saw tons of wildflowers and some really incredible scenery in general.
Delaney is getting really good at spotting and identifying different types of wildflowers and she is just a teriffic hiker. She always has been! She can go for miles and miles and miles and she never complains. She likes to stop and look around and she's one of those kids who seems to appreciate what she's seeing.
Cameron, on the other hand, seems to struggle a little bit. He has a hard time finding a pace - so there is a lot of sprinting and stopping and sprintint and stopping. It makes it kind of hard to hike with him. Then he just goes, goes, goes until he's out of gas and the walk out can always be a little challenging. He won the family award for "Hiker Who Tried The Hardest" today. I should win the award for "Mom that encouraged a surly 6 year old for 3 miles!" 
We stopped at the Rainey Creek Store for a world famous square ice cream (Delaney had Rainey Creek Mudslide, Chris had Raspberries and Cream and Cameron and I both chose Rainbow Sherbet) 
(They were a Perfect treat after a long hike) and we made it home in plenty of time to have a hot shower and watch the Next Food Network Star! Other fun details from our day -
We got to wade up to our hips in some seriously cold water!
Cameron and I drank heartily from a fresh mountain spring and I hope (for you Tuck Everlasting fans) that we don't stop aging as of today.
Hannah got a ton of exercise and is stiff and sore tonight.
We saw a ton of butterflies while we were hiking.
We saw 3 elk running through a wheatfield on our way to Big Elk Creek.
Hannah scared up some sage grouse that flew into a tree and then took off after a duck and ended up about a half mile downstream- LOL
We were dirty and hot and sweaty at the end of our day, but came home to hot showers, clean jammies, and some nice memories.
See? A perfect day!
1 comments:
Looks like a wonderful day of hiking! Thanks for sharing. I always wanted to get some of that square ice cream but didn't - another reason to move back!!
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