Hiking the Southwest

  Today we were out for Maya’s birthday hike (13 years!) and our first mountain hike of the summer. There is still lots of snow up there. We had to keep the day short because her brother needed to be back home for an evening ball game. So we didn’t get far but had a great time (lots of snowball fights!) and plan on going

June 24, 2011 What to do on a Friday afternoon in late June? Go in search of snow. We succeeded. The kids and I hiked the trail to Lake Hope with our friend Rebecca. Trail Head: It took us about 1 1/2 hours to get to the trail head from our home. After the drive to Trout Lake on Hwy 145 you turn right on