Mountain Park-Wednesday

Everyone was up and at 'em bright and early Wednesday for a full day of hiking, eating, fun, and enjoying everything Mother Nature had to offer. Breakfast included pancakes (forgot the syrup), hash browns, more fresh fruit, hot coffee, Starbucks Via for Jen, and juice for the kids. We even had a few of "Miss" Kristi's amazing homemade biscottis to have with our coffee. Then we loaded up the Camelbacks and lots of snacks and headed to Dadd Gulch trail for the days hike.


We ended up hiking almost 4 miles, with an elevation gain of about 600 feet up to 7700. The hike included one of the Roth family's favorite thing: water!! Several of us (Sarabeth, Nathanael, Dad) plowed right through it. Other (Jen, Noah, Andrew) picked their way across it on rocks and logs. Thankfully we all had plenty of snacks and water for the 3 hour hike. And guess who was waiting for us when we retured to the parking lot? Nope, not Santa. It was Ryan's Frito friend Shawn! What a nice surprise to visit with him for a few minutes.