Pioneer Day HIKE! July 24th

For the 24th of July this year we took Cambrie, Parker and Mykenna on a hike. We decided to go to Adams Canyon. It is a beautiful hike. To tell you the truth we really didn't think the kids would make it up to the waterfall, but we decided to go as far as we could. Boy did our kids prove us wrong! The beginning of the hike was probably the hardest since it was a hot day and you are on switch backs in the sand. We had barely started heading up the mountain when all the kids had red faces and we had to stop for water.



A little water and we were off again. Things got a lot better once we were in the shade of the trees. The kids kicked it in gear. Parker always wanted to be in front. Mykenna was quick on his heels!



What a surprise...our kids are hikers! It was so much fun. We questioned taking Mykenna and she was awesome!



They didn't care about getting dirty. They would fall and get right back up. We kept thinking "should we turn around", "do we keep going." We pushed on . . . and we made it to the waterfall. We hiked 3.5 miles and climbed 1310 feet in about 3 hours. We enjoyed the mist from the waterfall and took some fun pictures.

Parker and Mykenna didn't want to stop. But we were ready to head back down the trail.


Coming down the trail was great until we came out of the canyon back to the sandy switchbacks and that is when you could feel the heat through your shoes. Kenna spent some time on Rob's shoulders while I took Parker at a faster pace. We got to the bottom in some shade and then Cambrie ended up not feeling well so Rob sent Kenna down and carried Cambrie the rest of the way on his back. We all got in the van and immediately took our shoes of and turned on the AC. It really was a great day!
Here is a GPS link to see our hike. They also have some cool pictures of the hike. http://utahhikes.net/adams05/display52.html