The first week in June, we decided to take the boys camping! We had big plans to go to Calf Creek Falls (remember this hike brothers?). But when our plans of pulling out of Heber at 2:00 fell through and we were leaving at 6:00, we decided to go somewhere closer. We ended up just going up above Aspen Grove and it was beautiful! We almost had the whole campground to ourselves.
We decided to hike up to Timp. caves on Friday. Choosing to go at 2:00 in the afternoon wasn't the smartest idea. It was very hot and the hike was all up hill in the sun.
Here are the boys in the caves with some girls we met. Their Mom (who was with us in the cave) was wearing a Dairy Keen sweatshirt. Come to find out she one of the MaWhinney's and was here visiting her parents.
Look how high we are - 6730 feet above sea level! They said the biggest problem is when people fly in from California and try to do this hike the same day. People can get sick from the elevation change. (Ask Paul - he felt it the next couple of days - it didn't help to be carrying McKay on his back the whole way either).
Okay, this is one of the best pictures I've taken. I am right up there with Natalie's picture taking abilities with this picture. Look at the tiny road in the background. Thats a pretty impressive hike!
Luckily we had a hydration backpack from Costco (thanks to Paul). The boys loved getting drinks of water from it. We went through lots of water!
We did it! The boys didn't think they were ever going to make it. But with a lot of pitstops along the way, they did it!
The first week in June, we decided to take the boys camping! We had big plans to go to Calf Creek Falls (remember this hike brothers?). But when our plans of pulling out of Heber at 2:00 fell through and we were leaving at 6:00, we decided to go somewhere closer. We ended up just going up above Aspen Grove and it was beautiful! We almost had the whole campground to ourselves. 
We decided to hike up to Timp. caves on Friday. Choosing to go at 2:00 in the afternoon wasn't the smartest idea. It was very hot and the hike was all up hill in the sun.
Here are the boys in the caves with some girls we met. Their Mom (who was with us in the cave) was wearing a Dairy Keen sweatshirt. Come to find out she one of the MaWhinney's and was here visiting her parents.
Look how high we are - 6730 feet above sea level! They said the biggest problem is when people fly in from California and try to do this hike the same day. People can get sick from the elevation change. (Ask Paul - he felt it the next couple of days - it didn't help to be carrying McKay on his back the whole way either).
Okay, this is one of the best pictures I've taken. I am right up there with Natalie's picture taking abilities with this picture. Look at the tiny road in the background. Thats a pretty impressive hike!
Luckily we had a hydration backpack from Costco (thanks to Paul). The boys loved getting drinks of water from it. We went through lots of water!
We did it! The boys didn't think they were ever going to make it. But with a lot of pitstops along the way, they did it!
4 comments:
Congrats on making the hike - my favorite part are the signs that say, "running endangers lives."
I once made that hike with my whining bro Scott on my back. I think he was like 6. I carried him on the downhill portion, and my dad carried him uphill. The next morning, I was as sore as I would be after water tubing or even after Pilates the first time. You know, you realize there are a lot of muscles you take for granted.
So, it turns out that I wrote that comment without reading the entry in great detail, and wanted to say that I WASN'T trying to one-up you, Paul! ;~) (Hard to believe, but there are a couple things in life I don't feel the need to compete in...) I do know that carrying a kid on the way down is quite a challenge, though, and one I would definitely not choose to repeat!!!
Yeah, there have been various hikes where I had to carry my whining brother Brady because he wasn't strong enough to make it up. Luckily, I was there to get him to the top of every hike we did. Oh, poor little Brady :)
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