On Thursday we took a hike together up Horseshoe Canyon. Joshua
built bridges up there last year with his forest service crew. Ever
since then he's wanted to show us what they did. It was a hazy day,
but a good one for hiking. I armed us with hard candies, snacks and
water. I wasn't sure how far it would be and how the kids,
especially the younger ones, would fare. They were all troopers.
We
stopped and had lunch at the first bridge and it wasn't much further
to the second. It was so beautiful. The meadows were full of
flowers and I especially loved walking through the dappled shade of
the pine trees. It must have been quite a task to haul the lumber up
that trail to build those bridges. Those were long boards! Josh
seemed really proud of his work and I was glad that we could make the
hike part of our final weeks activities.
Emma had a hard time making
it back to the car. She was tired and hot. We were way behind the
rest of the kids, but we finally made it. She walked every step. I
was so proud of her.
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