Hiking!

So this afternoon, we decided to take a hike...it's four miles up to this pretty glacial lake and then four very fast miles down! My mom did a great job of not rolling us all off the side of the scary rocky narrow mountain roads in our humongous Expedition, the weather was great and it was so beautiful!

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This is the info at the start of the trail.

The above sign plus my Uncle Dennis.
Way in the background, you can see the only picture I have of my Aunt Sarah. She and my mom took a more relaxed pace up and back, so we really didn't see a whole lot of them.
Trailmaster Grammy
Katherine, walking across a creek crossing that she helped repair a couple of weeks ago as part of her badass job with the Forest Service.
Pretty
Me, on a waterfall, about to fall off.
Can you see this is another mini-waterfall? It ran right under the rocks to the right. Katherine said if she were a hobbit, she'd live behind the waterfall. =)
K's best mountain man pose in front of a giant tree that had fallen across the path and she helped cut apart a couple of weeks ago as part of her badass job with the Forest Service. =)
I have a picture of myself just like this over the Grand Canyon. In that photo, I don't look quite so terrified.

We had some amazing views as we got closer to the top.
Like this ! Do you see, right in the middle, the archway that was formed by two dry trees? It's pretty cool and a little scary.
The lake! It was so peaceful. The worst pedicure ever and the coldest water ever. It felt so good after our long walk up the mountain!