Last Friday, Will had the day off, so we played... all day. We first went hiking at Camelback Mountain. We chose the more challenging hike that was more like boulder climbing. Everyone on the hike kept giving Will reason to believe he was the toughest, manliest man of all. He was the ONLY hiker out of the many hundreds we passed that day (yes, it's apparently a very popular spot for teens and tourists) that was carrying a child.
Grant doesn't exactly fit in a baby carrier anymore, but we made it work...
And gave him a few breaks of shear freedom, watched over carefully by his Dad. Those we passed thought G had hiked that whole way by himself. G is hard-core.
This little scramble as FUN and Will loved the extra 35 pounds on his back. What a man! We let Grant boulder around once we got closer to the top.
This was our mile walk back to the car. There was no parking anywhere close to the trailhead, so we parked in the richy rich neighborhood, while everyone else waited hours for a parking spot... those were probably the people who never made it to the top.
We were starving because the hike took longer than we thought. So, we went to an all you can eat salad bar, Sweet Tomatoes and stuffed ourselves with salad (and bread and ice cream). There was a nice park close by that Grant found. We let him chase the ducks and try his best at catching them.
We love a fun day of outdoor adventure!
