Saturday, July 4, 2009

The July 4th Hike

After Kody went out and totally cleaned the inside of his car we decided to pack a lunch and head up to Mount Rainier. Since we had never been that way we decided to take the Carbon River road. Not knowing that the road is closed so you get really close to Mount Rainier but cannot see it or walk to it. So we took what was supposed to be a .3 mile hike is a rainforest condition. The funny thing was the Forest Ranger had to make sure we knew that there would not be any monkeys on the trail....

Anyway, Kody went off the main trail and took us on a trail straight up a mountain. We hiked for 1 hour and decided that we better turn around before it got dark. Turns out we did not make it up even half way. No one complained or cried. Kayla was so cute. She fell and then jumped right up before I could say anything replied, "Kayla's ok". It only took us about 20 minutes to get down the mountain. Then we finished the short rain forest loop and went to a park to eat our lunch. Later that evening we joined the neighbors for the firework festivities. Kelsee even sat out with her friend. It was a first. Usually she hides. Tiko sat on my lap the whole time. The noise did not seem to even bug him.

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