Brian and I have wanted to take Evan (and now Hollan) to Sedona to do our "engagement" hike for long time now. Since we have our nifty kid toting devices, we thought MLK day was the perfect opportunity!
Weather forecast: 65 and sunny!
We get to the hike start and it takes us half an hour to feed kids, dress kids, dress ourselves, leash the dog, pack the packs, etc. After two hours in the car, Evan was a bit goofy.
Finally ready!
Notice the white stuff on the ground? While it was 65 and sunny in Sedona proper, a few miles north and in the shade of actual trees, there was SNOW on the ground. Did not see that one coming!
Hollan is in there....somewhere.
"Wheeeeeeeeeeeeee!"
Random brick ruins with no explantion. Could be from the good ol' pioneering days or from the 90's...not quite sure.
Heading into the woods. I felt like I was in
Harry and the Hendersons.
So we got about 50 feet into the woods and got to the creek crossing where we realized that this was just the first of several half frozen creeks on the way to our engagement spot.
This is me deciding that I was not going to risk sliding off a slippery rock into the freezing water with
mah baybee attached to me.
Yep, no thanks to that.
The Dudes.
Notice the "Bear Country" sign. Good parenting decision to abort the hike.
Back at the brick ruins.
"Cheese!"
The Dudes: Again
Weather forecast: 65 and sunny!
We get to the hike start and it takes us half an hour to feed kids, dress kids, dress ourselves, leash the dog, pack the packs, etc. After two hours in the car, Evan was a bit goofy.
Finally ready!
Notice the white stuff on the ground? While it was 65 and sunny in Sedona proper, a few miles north and in the shade of actual trees, there was SNOW on the ground. Did not see that one coming!
Hollan is in there....somewhere.
"Wheeeeeeeeeeeeee!"
Random brick ruins with no explantion. Could be from the good ol' pioneering days or from the 90's...not quite sure.
Heading into the woods. I felt like I was in Harry and the Hendersons.
So we got about 50 feet into the woods and got to the creek crossing where we realized that this was just the first of several half frozen creeks on the way to our engagement spot.
This is me deciding that I was not going to risk sliding off a slippery rock into the freezing water with mah baybee attached to me.
Yep, no thanks to that.
The Dudes.
Notice the "Bear Country" sign. Good parenting decision to abort the hike.
Back at the brick ruins.
"Cheese!"
The Dudes: Again
1 comment:
what a fun family outing! kinda reminds me of our little excursions to duluth when the kids were little. great memories... love you guys. XXOOxxooxxoo
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