We were so excited to have my brother and his family come visit us. I personally had been looking forward to it all year. It had been WAY too long since we had seen them. So, we took them to our mountain to go hiking....boy, they were determined to get up to the top. The first time my family tried to hike up this mountain, we didn't make it but halfway up. These guys, they were troopers, especially Carly. Taking into consideration they had been travelling for who knows how many days, the altitude, and the dry climate, they all did GREAT!!!
Here they are at the beginning of the hike (you will notice that they don't look much different at the end).
The kids....
This was the first steep part of the hike....
stopping to climb the rocks...
made it!!
if you notice that the background is very hazy and dark....yeah, that was the day of the worst part of the Waldo Canyon Fire and at that point houses had just started burning. We couldn't smell the smoke or anything, but we didn't stay around too long at the top....something about being on the mountain in the path of the fire, just kinda creeped us out.... (the fire never reached that mountain)
Don't they look great?
couldn't resist a shot or two of the billows of smoke...
we ate a quick sandwich and some snacks at the top.
took a few shots with the slingshot...
and headed back down...
It was a great hike and everyone did AWESOME!
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