the hike...

as summer is winding down we are winding up! it seems it has come and gone in a flash and we only have cheezy wedding invitations to show for it. boring!!!! we decided to make the most out of our last week of summer and go for a hike. But first I must mention that we are both way out of shape and you might even say i'm on the hefty side of life right now, the pants are cutting off the air supply. That being said james picked to hike to dounut falls. maybe he had sugar on the brain when he chose that but we set out to work some muscle. unfortunately james inner eagle wasn't turned on and all the skills he learned as a scout have left him because he took us up the completely wrong canyon. after searching and winding up milcreek desperately looking for dounut falls he realized his mistake. so we had to pick one near by and we chose dog lake! woof woof! well since time had gotten away from us it was a little chilly and mckay was the only one that came prepared. hurray mckay! he had the water, the backpack and the sweatshirt. I guess his inner eagle is still in tune with him. mountains are cold, hikes are long and you should always be prepared, I do believe that's the boy scout motto! so off we went straight up!!! it was killer. I was huffing and puffing with my bum a burnin'! mckay was lagging and james long legs just kept pushing him up the mountain. 2 miles up and we made it in an hour. i don't know if that's good or bad. but we made it and took some really awesome pictures along the way. I might add that mckay has quite the sense of humor and was making us laugh the whole way up. dog lake was spectacular let me tell you. it looked more like and oversized pool. we left just in the nick of time and after 40 minutes slipping and sliding down the trail we made it out of the canyon before it closed. next time we'll have to be more prepared and bring a flashlight. all in all it was much more fun then any wedding!