Hiking

We enjoyed some sunny warm weather on Sunday afternoon by heading out for a family hike.  We went up to Rainbow Mountain Trail.  It is only 5 minutes from our house, but you feel like you are in a whole different place.  Eric and I hiked this trail years ago but had kinda forgotten about it.  The terrain is quite rocky and there is a pretty good incline on the way back up at the end.  Alex did awesome.  He led most of the way and loved being on a big adventure in the woods and enjoyed climbing on all the rocks and fallen logs.  The loop we did was a mile and a half.  Alex got tired the last 5 minutes or so - especially after the big climb up at the end, but else he did really well.  It was definitely too much for Brodie.  The rocks and uneven terrain were a lot of him to handle so Eric and I (mostly Eric) took turns carrying him some of the way to make sure we actually made it out before dark :).