This hike was definitely one for the books, in a few ways. The kids and I got a late start from our house up to Logan, why do things always have to take so long? So, by the time we actually started the hike it was late in the morning. That translates into HOT! This hike was a total of 3.6 miles roundtrip, the first 1.8 miles being fairly steep.
It took us a little longer than it would have usually because we brought this little cutie pie along. She required more frequent rests in the shade. She was a little trooper though and ultimately made it all the way. This hike was definitely an exercise in "I can do hard things" for the majority of us. When Ryland asked me why we were hiking again I told him it was because Grandpa and I were going to show him that hiking is funner than video games. He didn't seem convinced.
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Here Grandpa Hale is showing the kids the "Great Wall of China" of Logan Canyon.
You can see it in this picture of the vista here. It was absolutely gorgeous up there.
Grandpa showing the kids how to look for fossils. We didn't find any this trip but that probably had a lot to do with the fact that we were so tired and hot and didn't have a lot of patience to search for them in the hot afternoon sun.
The older kids weren't spared of the "I can do hard things" lesson of the day. While we sat in the shade waiting for Grandpa and Evelyn to catch up they recieved a lesson from Mom about having a positive attitude. It started out with a little something about murmuring like Laman and Lemeul, and ended up with Mom threatening to assign a chore for each murmur I heard. Jury is still out on whether or not that was a parenting FAIL or not! haha
While I didn't hear anymore whining from them it still took a while for the attitude adjustment to sink in.
Arriving at the Wind Cave did wonders to boost our spirits. It was super cool up in the cave both physically and visually. We loved it!
It was such a neat site. Ally showed us that she is like her father, a bit afraid of heights, worrying about everyone slipping and sliding out of the cave.
My favorite part was feeling the tremendous wind come rushing through the cave. It felt AMAZING!
View from the top.
Grandpa bringing up the rear across the way. Seriously amazing views up there. I thoroughly enjoyed it. The best part was that we didn't see ONE snake. Not one. Perfect.
After three hours of hiking we were finally done. Phew! We were all hot and sticky and ready for some A/C. Thanks again to Grandpa for another successful and awesome hike! You know it was an awesome hike when Ryland tells says to you, "Alright Mom, I admit it, hiking IS funner than video game. Well, like 2% funner!" I will take it Buddy! haha
