Red Pine Trail

On Monday/Tuesday we went with our friends Rob and Jill Tobler on a short hiking trip into the mountains. It was awesome. It was about a 3.5 mile hike with the last 2 miles of it straight up the mountain!

Lugging our 40lb backpacks up it made things a little bit more tricky but it was worth it once we reached the top, as there was a beautiful lake we got to enjoy. It was such a relief to take off the packs and set up the tents. Dinner consisted of tin foil dinners, grilled corn, roasted cinnamon apples, and smores! Why does food always taste better when camping? The dirt and bugs that get mashed in. It was also really cold since we were close to the timber line which also accounts for the snow that was still on the ground. Jill and Rob forgot warm clothing so Jill used a trash bag (which she says worked great) and Rob a sleeping bag. So funny. The rest of the evening was uneventful, we played a few games with some cards and then went to bed exhausted.

In the morning Jamie and I hiked up the side of the mountain to see if we could reach the crest of the mountain and see the sun. Lets just say that there was always another mountain in the way. Jamie even scaled up further than Michelle, but still nothing. Oh well. It was a fun jaunt. Jamie is the very small figure in the center of the picture towards the top.

After a breakfast of oatmeal we packed up our tents and went home. We thought the trail would never end, but finally it did.

Michelle's favorite part was being outside where everything was beautiful and the air was clean and smelled great! Jamie's favorite part was eating and the company. Yeah for the beauty of the earth and for us documenting our life.