Last week, I told Jon that it was his turn to plan a date. So, this is what he came up with, a family hike! We drove past Leavenworth by Steven's Pass, then drove on this super BUMPY dirt road for about a half an hour (seemed like 3 hours) and finally made it to this trail up in the mountains. We hiked for about two miles. Jacob actually loved the bumpy ride, he was laughing for the most part. Then I think he just got bored because he was just staring out the window. We packed a picnic lunch and ate before we started. It was 58 degrees! We were so cold and Jacob's cheeks and nose were bright red. The hike was fairly easy (but I'm glad that I've been walking two miles every morning for the past couple of months to help). Jacob did really well, and Jon wanted to carry him on his shoulders the whole way, since the path didn't allow any kind of wheels, which now after hiking it, there were so many boulders, rocks, and streams that we wouldn't have been able to take a stroller, but we should have brought the baby carrier that you use on your back. Anyway, Jon didn't want to bring it, so he packed Jacob in on his shoulders, which worked out really well, until Jacob had enough and wanted me to hold him. We made it to a small lake and let Jacob walk around and play in the dirt. By the time we started heading back, Jacob was done. It was around 2:00 PM and Jacob hadn't taken a nap yet (he usually goes down around 10:00 AM), he was hungry and tired, and let everyone on the mountain know about it. At least we knew for sure we weren't going to have any surprise mountain lion or bear sights! Jacob's screaming even scared all the birds away. We ended up practically running the last 1/2 mile back to the truck. When we got back to the truck, Jacob fell asleep instantly and didn't even wake up while we were driving down the mountain! His head was jolting back and forth and he didn't even open his eyes.
This is us, right before the hike, all pumped, happy, and ready to roll.
Still really happy and having a good time!
This is what I called the rock graveyard. There were so many boulders going down and above us, would not be a good place for an avalanche ya?!
This is us at the end. Notice that Jacob now has his binky and he looks like he's going to pass out? He was so exhausted!
2 comments:
haha I totally had to laugh. It sounds like your experience was similar to our last hiking experience. And we took them the same week, both planned by our husbands! Too funny!
Love you! Miss you!
(PS I wrote about our hike on our blog. Check it out!)
That family picture is so cute!
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