Sunday, August 31, 2014

It has begun. Backpacking with my boys!!

Hyrum and I ventured out on our first full fledged father and son backpacking trip! We got lost..., twice... didn't catch any fish, and got soaked with some dependable washington rain.

He Loved it!!  Told me today he wants to do a two nighter the next time.

I was really proud of Hyrum, he pretty much carried his own gear (sleeping pad, bag and clothes) without complaining once, and kept up with dad and a good pace.  We hiked 4 miles (1 mile on the wrong trail) and ended up at a pretty little lake nestled in the forest.

We went with Brandon and Carter Green in the ward and had a great time hiking around and getting wet.

Highlights included: viewing bats and salamanders, seeing an osprey go after a fish, eating marshmellows, hiking to a waterfall and finding troll snot.

Definitely something we'll be doing more of.


After a wet night and morning.
We actually stayed quite dry throughout the night.



Hyrum and Carter Green

Ryan, Hyrum, Brandon and Carter Green.

2 comments:

Steph said...

Yummm......troll snot

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