brandon and i have been talking about going hiking for a while now and we finally did. =) his brother dallon and dallon's friend, ben went as well. we got to the trailhead at about 1230.
i was already huffin' and puffin' at like 5 minutes in. lol. dallon and ben decided to run up a lil bit. they didn't get very far. hahaha. brandon was truckin' most of the time and generally ahead of us. we took a bunch of breathers and water breaks going up. it was really hot out. we'd get some tree shade every now and then. dallon and ben were ready to quit several times along the way. haha. right before the 2 mile mark, we saw this lil kid about 3 or 4 years old running down the trail followed by his grandpa. then dad. then not too long later, a pregnant lady comes walking down, assuming mom. brandon and i were like, if a kid, a grandpa and a pregnant lady can do it, you guys can too. lol. they wanted brandon and i to just go ahead and they would sit and wait for us on a log. they really wanted to go swimming at the rec, it was so hot out. dallon kept talking about ice cream and having a drink of something refreshing; the water in the bladder packs tasted like plastic and rubber. hehe. their plan was to go swimming at noon but i hit up brandon just in time to go hiking. hahaha. ruined their plans. oops...
we reached the 2 mile mark and we only had .6 miles to go. easy, right? nope! it was the most treacherous part of the hike. 45 degree incline most of the way. this is where we took most of our breathers and water breaks. lol. along the way, brandon was like, what if the lake ends up to be just a pond?
ha, it kinda was. didn't look much like a lake at all. it took about an hour and a half to get there. dallon and ben were like, this is it??? hahaha. it was nice and peaceful up there though. but there were a lot of bugs hovering the water, eww. ben said he killed like 5 or so bugs just sitting there. we chilled for maybe 5-10 minutes, enjoyed some water and oreo cookies, yum. but they were so determined to go swimming so we left. oh, teenagers!
they mobbed down ahead of us. it took us about an hour to get down. we saw a couple mountain bikers going down. crazy. a lotta mountain bikers ride these hiking trails. i wouldn't. hahaha. well maybe. going up would be a work out and rough. it'd be hella fun to ride down though. =)
brandon just bought a new jeep wrangler so he took the top off for our drive down the mountain. pretty sweet riding in a drop top! makes me want one!!! =)
gorgeous day for a beautiful hike!
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