Last Saturday was such a beautiful autumn day! We've lived on our hill for over three years now and the kids have been begging to climb it. So I put the kids in jeans and old shoes, packed a couple of water bottles and headed out for our little hike.
It is a difficult climb since we were climbing vertically not horizontally on the trail. It's hard to believe there are families in the neighborhood that hike this mountain weekly in the summer.
Half way up the hill we sat for a while and checked out our neighborhood below.
The parks restrooms are so tiny below.
Once we were safely at the top, I really didn't want to chance going back down the steep slope so I started down the back side with the kids, hoping there would be a way out.
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There ended up being an old, steep dirt road that winded down the back side and around the point of the mountain. It took us three times as long to get down but we finally did. Along the way we ended up passing behind the gravel pit. It was kind of a cool view.
Our "little" hike ended up taking us a couple of hours but it was a fun way to spend the day.
1 comment:
Wow! I have to admit that I have never wanted to climb that mountain. ;) Glad you guys decided to make the climb and that you survived to tell about it.
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