Mt Peak Family Hike

From September 2nd



Mt Peak is a well-known hike only about 10 minutes from our house. It took us a year of living here but we finally did it!

We hooked up with Frost Family and headed up the mountain around 4pm. Luckily, Liam has a very strong Daddy who could carry him in the backpack for the whole 90 minutes that it took to climb up! Didn't hear much complaining from him. I was super impressed with the 4- year olds who managed to get all the way to the top without requesting to be held. We saw lots of hikers and their exhausted looking dogs on the way up. Once up top, we had a good snack and re-hydrated. Lexie had a great outdoor peeing experience (thanks Carla.) She usually is not fond of going anywhere but in a potty but broke her princess rule this one time. Let Liam out to stretch his legs for a bit and we quickly remembered why he still requires to be controlled by the backpack. He is fast. He does not care for listening. He is crazy.

Really the kids had a great time despite the depressed faces.

The way down we saw the effect of overtired children. Lots of small falls that got BIG dramatic cries. Lots of "my legs hurt, can you carry me." Desperate to keep them moving and get down before dusk we promised them all Wally's milkshakes for getting to the bottom. No sooner then the words left our mouths and the smallest triplet with the biggest appetite, Audrey, takes off down the mountain. The others follow and we all made it before dark.

Celebrated burning all those calories by consuming some more at Wally's. Kids were EXHAUSTED which makes bedtime easy for parents. Looking forward to this one again! Super thankful for having such great friends close by.