A Night Hike

We had a night hike on our summer to do list.  We thought that it would be fun to hike Helen Hunt at night because the lights would be on the Seven Falls, plus the city views would be pretty to see at night with the city lights.  BESIDES, we had Aunt Janie that hadn’t hiked Colorado with us.

It was very dark, but the kids loved the fun of flashlights.  We could hear the chirp of the crickets, and wondered what other animals lurked in the dark.  The weather was perfect with the cool breeze.  We turned off all of the flashlights and gazed at the stars. 

I just love hiking and chatting.  Rebecca held my hand on the way down and went on and on about her new year at school.  She hadn’t said a peep to me at home, but out on the mountain with nothing else to do, she wouldn’t stop talking.

When we got to the top we rested a bit taking in the changing lights of the falls.  Ash was STILL having fun with her flashlight…

 

   

A big thanks to all of you bears and mountain lions for not eating us!