Because of limited funds we decided to tour our city that we lived in for nearly 5 years, Salt Lake City, UT. We actually had a lot of fun. We started it off with hiking Ensign Peak. Now I hiked this about 9 years ago and remembered it not being a very hard or long hike. oh how I had forgotten or rather 9 years ago I didn't hike it with a 5 year old, a 3 year old and a 1 year old. Brad has lived in SLC his whole life and this was his first time hiking it. I think he is the one who enjoyed it the most, but when you have plaques every time you stop why wouldn't he love it. The kids actually did very well. Kaitlyn hiked the whole way all by herself and Melanie only had to be carried twice. Matthew on the other hand walked a for about a min and then was carried the rest of the way. We had good intentions to eat our lunch at the top, but for some reason the monument of rocks terrified Matthew and there were a ton of bees so we ate our lunch at the bottom of the hike when we got back down. We were so proud of the girls for sticking to the hike, they were very proud that they did it.
The beginning of the hike
Matthew loved climbing on all the rocks
Our first stop to rest, still smiling
We made it to the top, Matthew is crying because I am a mean mom making him get so close that scary monument, Melanie is just exhausted and wants to go back down to get away from the bees and Kaitlyn is ok with this whole thing, it was kind of fun.
Look at this view!
Kaitlyn, Melanie, Brad and Matt
This is where we finally got to eat our lunch
1 comments:
Great idea to explore some of the fun things around here! I have never even hiked Ensign Peak. We will have to do that soon.
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