Our yearly trek up to the top of Snake Lake Mountain happened a little earlier than usual this year. Typically we head up around the end of July, but this time we made it up in the beginning of June. After such a long winter with so much snow fall I shouldn't have been surprised to see so much snow every where, but wow, I still was. So much snow meant not so many bugs (actually hardly a one!) so that made us happy hikers.
The girls hiked on through it like it was nothing, even Kalin. This was her first time climbing the mountain all by herself. She made it to the top last year but her Dad pretty much carried her the whole way. This was Kolbi's first trek up the mountain too! Last summer I carried her.... :)
I was a little reluctant leaving the house, feeling a little lazy.... but I am so happy that I live with such an energetic group of people. This was an amazing, glorious day! Parents, kids, and the dogs were happy! We were out all afternoon hiking, walking, laughing and spending real quality time with one another. A "few hours" lasted until about 5:00. It must have reached into the 70's, and for our neck of the woods at this time of year that is unusual.
We have started our summer with gorgeous weather and we are crossing our fingers that it lasts to the end! After a winter filled with many, many negative temperatures and a ton of snow we are looking forward to a lot of warm sunshine and blue skies.
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