Family Hikes

These are some of our annual backpacking trips in the past..

All the teenagers in Uintas 2010

The whole group in the Uintas 2010


My beautilful cousin and I
The first familybackpacking trip EVER 2007

Escalante 2009


Escalante 2009

Uintas 2008--my first backpacking trip ever..it was definitely quite the experience. I am surprised I ever went on another trip. It consisted of hiking mostly through rain and hail and then sleeping in a wet sleeping back. it was absolutely lovely:)...no but really..it was.

Uintas 2008





Here are a few family reunion hikes..

Park City 2011
Bear Lake 2009




Lake Tahoe 2008

Every year at our family reunions..we do a hike with all 50+ of us. They have a sort of reputation..."oh don't worry guys its only half a mile"..5 miles later and were still aren't half way to the arch. Nevertheless..we all still enjoy them! I have quite a few special memories from these infamous hikes.

Along with our family hikes, we do a backpacking trip every summer with whoever wants to go. Here are some from the past. This started my wanting to be an "organic granola girl" phase. Gotta love it!!:)

Oh and I apologize for the messy post..I'm still getting used to the blogging world.

-Mads

GRAND CANYON!!!..lets just pretend its still May

We loaded the buses in Boulder City and drove to the north rim of the Grand Canyon...

Getting started at 1 AM

Beautiful Sunrise

Me pretending to be cool...

you kind of have to make things fun (even if its stupid) after so much hiking...

its the endorphins...


oh deer...10 more miles to go.


crossing the Colorado River..diggin the hat?:)

3/4 of the way there!!..and yes..i was very exhausted after those very steep switchbacks.

uhh..nuff said.


yaa...i hiked that:)


FINALLYYYY

Standing at the south rim of the canyon..after 23.5 miles and 13 hours of hiking.

Hike the Grand Canyon rim to rim in one day?

Check.