Telescope Peak Hike
Valentine's Peak and Red and Grey Hill
Our happy hiking familyMy husband has gotten on a hiking kick this year and taken us along on his adventures. It has been fun to see new places and enjoy the surrounding of the area that we live in and where Justin grew up. I believe we go to feel close to Justin's dad. It helps Justin with dealing with his dad's death in February. His dad loved hiking and the outdoors.
Last weekend we went to a wedding in St. George, Utah for a nephew. We decided to go a little early so that we could hike Red and Grey Hill and Valentine's Peak. Red and Grey Hill were pretty easy to hike and made for an enjoyable afternoon after driving to Parowan. The next day we hiked Valentine's Peak. There is no established trail going to the peak so we forged our own way. It was a pretty steep climb and we passed some fabulous rock formations. One of these formation is named the castle. It is made of white rock and was a fun place to stop and rest and let the kids explore. The sand was moist so Tyler made a small sand castle. We tried to get to the peak, but couldn't find a place to safely get up so we aborted our mission and headed back down the mountain. Justin is still trying to figure out how we can get to the peak. Instead we drove up to Brianhead peak and Justin climbed it while the kids and I hung out and read a book in the van. He just had to get to the peak of something I suppose.
The wedding the next day was wonderful and we are so happy for Gentry and Jessica and wish them the best life together.
This weekend we decided to travel to Death Valley and hike Telescope Peak. I was a little nervous about this one because it was a 14 mile round trip hike. I wasn't sure how the kids would do. It was a great hike considering that it had a great trail to follow. It was pretty easy going until the last bit of the hike where the trail was snowed over so we had to make find our own trail up. It was beautiful at the top and you could over look Death Valley and Owen's Valley (I think). We could even see Mt. Whitney and several other mountains in the distance. There were people from all over hiking at the same time as us. We met a man from Germany, a scout troop from Bakersfield, some guys from San Diego, and a couple of guys from somewhere in Asia. On the way back we tried to take the actual trail, but there was too much snow and it ended up being more difficult than we thought it would be. Justin had left us to go and find a Camelback we left on the trail so hear were me and the boys trying to find our way, but it was frustrating and scary because we kept sliding down the hill. Justin finally came to our rescue and got us back on the trail. The rule now is to always stay together! The way back was long and tiresome. The kids were done so it took some coaxing to get them going. They all made it and it was quite the accomplishment. Justin promised the kids he would take them out to dinner when we got bake, so we dropped by Carls Jr when we got back into town. The hike took us 11 hours so we were tired when we got home and showered and tried to watch a movie but me and Tyler couldn't make it through the movies and crashed on the couch.
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That is so cool that you guys are doing that. I love the picture of the boys leaning over the back seat! So funny...and if I were them I would have demanded ice cream as well :) You'll have to look into hiking Timp sometime when you're in Utah...I did it once. And once it will stay.
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