G'n'R Out West

The Hike that Made Adelle Love to Hike September 4, 2011

….or at least love to hike this hike. 

We were camping with some friends and took the kids up to this great hike that starts near the tree line so you get great views with very little effort.

Adelle did some complaining early on…as did her brother. But we were hiking for close to 4 hours and both of the kids walked the whole way. We couldn`t have been more proud of them. Of course, the hike offered a lot of special surprises. First of all it was an interpretive numbered hike. We didn`t have the booklet that told us what to look for at the numbers…but for kids…apparently just finding the numbers is exciting enough.

We hiked on very rocky terrain offering many rocks for Simon to examine. And he loved each one he found.

At the top of a hike we found a waterfall…and while examining the rocks under the waterfall we quickly realized that we were walking on hundreds and hundreds of fossils. After the waterfall and the fossils…we found snow.

Shortly after we played on the snow…the mountain sheep came over to reclaim it. They even knocked over the snowman that we made.

At the end of the hike, Adelle told me that the fossils were the very best part of the whole hike (a kid after my own heart).

All in all an amazing day. Adelle told me that she wanted to hike that hike every day.  Simon, wasn`t as impressed by the hike…but he is 2 afterall!

Our girl, mountain model