Bear Lake

We decided to have an adventure this weekend and took the boys on their first backpacking trip. Bryan became a Sherpa and hiked 4 sleeping bags, 4 sleeping mats , a tent, clothes and food up to Bear Lake (I had Carter and a few other items.). It is a 2 mile hike that we read about in our Hiking With Children book. Cameron was a great hiker and also carried a pack. We also made our dog, Jelly, carry a pack. She was in charge of poopy diapers. Our adventure was successful! We only had a slight thunder storm, but other than that things went quite smoothly. Oh, the bugs were really bad but we found creative ways to swish them away.

Our group: The Endelmans, Underwoods and Johnsons

(The Connors hiked in with us but left before dinner.)

Our Family

The boys enjoying breakfast.

Gearing up to hike out.

Carter was exhausted from the difficult hike.