The First Adventure of 2015

Our family went on our first adventure of 2015 this weekend. We wandered up past The Nye Mine about 2 miles to a trailhead called Stillwater River Trail, it was a 3.5 mile walk to the waterfall called Sioux Charley. I had my doubts if Tyson would be able to handle a hike that far or if Tate would sit in his handy dandy backpack for that long. In that past Tate hasn’t been the biggest fan of his backpack and never wanted to sit in there for a long period of time.

They both DID GREAT!! We only got 2.5 miles into the hike before it really started raining and we had to turn around and go back to the car.  The boys did absolutely wonderful! Tyson walked the whole 5 miles, he only needed to take a break a few times which is completely understandable. Tate walked for the first ¾ of a mile alongside Tyson. They had fun throwing rocks into Stillwater River, picking up pinecones and talking about what they look like. We also found rocks that were neat colors, shapes and textures. Those we put into our backpacks to bring home with us. About ½ threw the hike we stumbled upon a place where part of the river was running into a little pool. We stopped there to explore, Jared and I started discussing with the boys how beavers cut down logs to make their dens. We showed them where all the teeth marks were on the logs they cut down. We were all hoping we would see a beaver but we didn't.

On the way back down the mountain, we stopped by two rocks leaning against each other that made sort of a cave. There Tyson and I talked about how if we had supplies that would be the best place to spend the night.

Tate was so wore out from walking so far that he fell asleep in his backpack on the way down the mountain. We put the sun/rain shade over him so he would not get the rain on him and get cold.

Overall it was a wonderful adventure; our family had so much fun and saw a lot of pretty neat things. This is the first of many fun filled adventures this summer.