First, I had to snap one more photo of Cole on the 4th of July.... we were getting ready to eat dinner and he said he didn't feel good. We told him to "go rest on your bed"... a half hour went by and we hadn't heard a peep out of him. So I went to check and this is what I found:
(sorry, the photo is blurry, still working on how to take darker pics ??)I think all the HEAT from the day had just exhausted him.. He was OUT! We did wake him up in time to see the fireworks down by his school, overlooking the bay.
Sunday we decided to go on a hike. I think Cole was the most excited - his first real hike! We went up near the Carbon River Glacier, past Carbonado to see how washed out the road was from last years flooding.
WHOA!
You couldn't even get up to the trailheads. So normally a small little walk to the falls (literally, about 2 minutes) turned into an 8 mile hike along the former road. So much devastation! But it was a great day to be in the forest, shaded from the sun. (did I say that??)
Dad showing Cole how to count the trees age
HUGE fallen trees
Complete mudslide where the road once was!
walking the trail
Bummer. 3 small, little bridges to get to the falls and the middle one was gone.
Beautiful sight from the river
Lewis and Clark
You could SEE the falls, we just couldn't get there......
A VERY refreshing stream! Did I mention it has been hot here?
1 comment:
Love all of the photos and getting caught up on all of the summer activities happening in your family.
Can't wait to see you on the 18th, still need to coordinate driving together.
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