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Hiking in the Spring

We took advantage of some good weather a couple of weeks ago to get out on the mountains up American Fork Canyon. Our intention was to drive to a .5 mile easy hike that we had read about on the internet. It was rated 5 stars on the easy scale and had a couple of small lakes we would see. We thought that would be perfect for us inexperienced hikers. When we got up the canyon, the road to this easy hike was closed. We pulled off and decided to just "walk around" for a bit and see the mountainside since we were already there. We found another trail that other people were going on and decided to give it a try. It was a bit steeper than we had thought. The kids were fine, but I started to sweat a little bit (not something I was planning on doing). Most of the trail was a one person trail and about half of the time, there was a pretty good drop off. To make matters more exciting, Kelsey decided that she didn't want to be carried or hold anyone's hand. Only Emily was allowed to hold her. Ya, I was pretty relaxed through the whole 3 mile trip.

It was pretty fun and the views were awesome. We got to walk through some small streams and saw how powerful the rivers were running with the melting snow. We even found some patches of snow towards the top. The kids keep asking when we're going back. I'm still in recovery mode. Maybe a different hike with lots of room on both sides of the trail. No chance of falling over the edge...but then what would be exciting about that?












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