lucky

We feel so lucky to live so close to these amazing mountains.  We have been hiking a lot this summer.  The kids aren't thrilled until we are on the trail and then they are mesmerized.  We took this hike the weekend before with the kids.  It took about 1 1/2 hours to get to the top.  Ryan and I decided to try and beat that time the next weekend.  Just the two of us.  

It had rained earlier that morning so all the trees and shrubs were wet.  I got soaked just walking up through them all.  We made it up in an hour and walked an extra few minutes to another peak and saw a much better view.  It was pretty amazing.  We want to bring the kids back up so they can see.

A cool mushroom we saw along the way.

It was fun to have alone time with Ryan doing something we both love.