Iron Mountain

We decided to take advantage of the wonderful sun on Saturday!  We packed up the backpacks (except me)...the designated "relief" person, should someone need some help.  The boys did pretty well considering the heat, going uphill, and carrying their camping gear. (This time the backpacks weren't empty).

Here was part of the trail up to Iron mountain. You can see the top of the mountain behind the trees.

This was a neat part of the trail with some large rocks and huge trees.  The broken trees were pretty amazing...Michael kept suggesting that it was "lightning that crashed" that caused them to fall. (He might be right on some of them.)

A little break in the shade, part way up.

Water break.

Getting closer to the top....spectacular!

This is about where I felt like breaking into the tune "The hills are alive with the sound of music..." I held myself back though. ;)

Simply beautiful.

Good work boys!

There were some pretty steep parts...this was one of them.

Nearly there.

Zechariah...strong as an ox.

This was near where we decided to turn around.  Michael and Isaac were pretty tired (and missing a nap).  We got about 1 1/2 miles up.

                                 
Here we are at the end.  Michael  (3 years) did very well.  He never complained and insisted that he wear his pack the whole time. (His contained his water bottle.) Isaac is happy to be done.  :)

Thank you Lord for the pleasure we get out of your creation!