Friday Free-day

 Hiking Crowders Mountain

The Participants

3 kids

1 dog nicknamed 'killer' for the afternoon

The Chaperone's

I was happy in this photo I just hadn't let my face know.

We reached the summit in 2 hours dined on our PB&J's then dashed as the down pour of the century came. We didn't get  a shot of the summit for all the rain but it was beautiful, take my word for it.

 

Don't feel to sorry for this little chap hugging the wooden sign. She had just pushed her brother off a 6 foot boulder and was downcast because her reward for unruly behavior was holding mommy's hand the whole way down the mountain....2 whole hours of pure torture for a 5 year old.

Finally done, Praise the Lord. Jake also known as "mountain goat" ran the whole 7 miles to the summit and back, climbed every boulder in a 40 foot radius of the marked trail and reached the summit 10 minutes before everyone else which involved 200 vertical stairs at the end. When we got to the top we found Eagle sitting on the edge of a sheer 150 foot cliff waiting for the rest of the party to show. My little Sherpa...he'll climb Everest someday.