Showing posts with label Hike. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hike. Show all posts

Monday, September 2, 2013

Birthday Hike

It's my birthday today. I know what you are all thinking, and it's true--Everyone got the day off from work and school today to celebrate with me. You are welcome. 

The boys woke me up for breakfast in bed. They made me oatmeal, a small bowl of blueberries and yogurt, and toast with garlic butter. Yup--garlic butter with my breakfast because they know how much I love garlic. I had to cover up my smile of that one. It was sweet of them to think of things that I love. 

I wanted to do something with the family for my birthday, so we went on another hike. I figured if the kids could handle the hike to Timpanogos Cave last week, than a hike to Stewart Falls would be a breeze.  The funny thing about that assumption is that today's hike was just as long than our other hike and we did about the same in elevation over the duration of the hike. R and I have fitbits we use to keep track of our physical activity. When we hiked Timpanogos Cave, it said we did 110 flights of stairs. WOW! Today, at the end of our hike to Stewart Falls it said we had done 91 flights of stairs.

Midway through the hike we took this group selfie. 
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C, S, and MK along the trail.
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S, C, and MK after a break.
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S and C looking out at the views.
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 Brothers

S in the waterfall. He was SO cold after this. 
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Stuart Falls

C in front of the fall.
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Stuart Falls

The boys and I hiked up the falls. MK and R did it earlier.
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Stuart Falls

S, C, and Me up at top of the falls.
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Stuart Falls

And because we can't ever be serious...
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Stuart Falls

I really like this one of S.
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S, MK, C, and R just before we headed back.
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Stuart Falls
We hiked back to our car and ran into one of my very good friends and her family along the trail. It was so random! 

After the hike, we came back home and everyone cleaned up in record time so we could go out and eat.

It was a great day!











Saturday, August 24, 2013

Timpanogos Cave

We hiked to Timpanogos Cave today. 
We tried to do this on our anniversary last week, but the cave tours were already sold out. 
It started out a beautiful day--not too hot, not too cold.

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S, MK, C, R looking out along the trail

The hike is 1-1/2 miles up hill, over 1,100 feet in elevation. Some parts were quite steep. I ended up giving MK a piggyback during part of the hike. Then, we walked a mile through the caves. After that, we hiked back down the mountain while it rained and hailed on us. Quite the adventure.

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1/4 of the way up. MK, S, C, and me

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MK, C, S before entering Timpanogos Cave


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Family shot at the mouth of the cave

Some pictures of the inside of the Cave.
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Timpanogos Cave

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Timpanogos Cave
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Timpanogos Cave

We had such a good time. The kids did SO good hiking up that steep mountain. We were all kinda beat by the time we got home. I think we are going to sleep well tonight. 

I want to do another hike on my birthday in a week. It isn't nearly as hard as this one. I figure if the kids can do today's hike, they can do just about anything.






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