Over the river and through the mountains a hiking we will go...

So Uncle Lance and Aunt Bonnie came to stay with us and Uncle Lance had a hiking book that he brought with him that was 15 years old and he thought it would be fun to take the kids on their first hike.. they were excited when we told them we were going to hike a trail in the Superstition mountains... we followed the directions to get there out of this hiking book and it was hilarious at first because it said to follow the freeway all the way to the end and you would then turn on this dirt road.. well the dirt road ended up being a gated community with these huge beautiful houses and an elementary school and huge playground...we were joking about how we were really roughing it out there in the wilderness.. but when you followed the road down through the neighborhood it did eventually turn into the dirt road that led to the trail we wanted to hike..
( I was driving white knuckling it the whole way through this dirt road and Luke even mentioned that he decided he didn't want to go hiking anymore...the drive was that rugged)


We made it to the trail though and wow was it BEAUTIFUL out there... it was super cold though.. Can you tell that the kids new thing is to give thumbs up in pictures now....the scenery was breathtaking..

we took a "fruit snack" break half way through...

As you can see for the kids first hike it was a pretty challenging trail.. they did amazing though and they really have no fear..even though mommy was a nervous wreck at times..

but seeing how happy and excited they were during the hike we will definitely be enjoying more hikes in the future...