It's no Grand Canyon that Steven and Jeff hiked the weekend before - Sept 21st, but the kids have been waiting, waiting and waiting!, to go on a hike with dad. They were so disappointed he didn't take them with to the Grand Canyon. So off we go to hike South Mountain.....interesting I think.
Water? check
Sunscreen? check
Sunglasses? check
Hiking shoes? not so sure - Mo doesn't normally wear 'shoes'
What the heck - let's go anyway. It'll be a nice and easy hike - sure.
binoculars? check
daddy! wait fo me!
Mo did alright, but I'm sure this felt like the Grand Canyon for his little legs and feet. I carried him most of the way.
finally made it to this little gazebo to rest. it was quite hot outside - can you see the red faces?!
Jeff looks worn out - haha
haha - the bars rotated after they moved their feet off the rocks
what shining examples they are of 'good behavior' for their son and nephew watching intently...
downtown Phoenix
shoe check?? not the best hiking shoes - we lost the molding off the bottom - melted the glue right off. The shoes are only 20 years old I'm not sure why they would fall apart?!
No problem - we're just going straight back to the car - right? right? Jeff? Where are you going?? ugh.
We made it to the top of this next ridge - okay let's go back - Jeff really?? That's not a path!?
haha - Mo cried the whole time for me. He really didn't want me, he just didn't want to be on Jeff's shoulders - he hates it!
Lucas was a champ and climbed everywhere on his own without asking for help, except here where he grabbed the back of Jeff - we quickly nixed that and he happily kept going on his own.
I ended up carrying Mo once we got down that mountain behind us. 1 because he was slowing down and got easily distracted and 2 because I was hot and getting to hangry stage. that's hungry+angry=hangry. Mo was almost there too.
Lea got to wear the go-pro for part of the hike - she's pretty excited about that.
Can you see Mo starting to fall apart??
You know what solves 'hangry' for after a long HOT hike?? McDonald's with an indoor play place.
Hangry has been satisfied. Hiking and playing as a family - what more could you ask for? I think the smile says it all.
