Sunday, October 18, 2009

Chiricahua's with Kristi, Connor and Skyler 10/15/09

After an immensely stressful busy 15 hr day at work Wed. Don and I were able to leave Thur am for a few days at the Chiricahua's. Don's daughter, Kristi was able to meet us there with her two youngest boys. It was great fun seeing them again and watching the boys enjoy the cool stuff there. It is a boy's paradise (as long as they don't get hurt!) The next pix is a deer that was walking up the trail we were walking down. We finally bored him and he bounded up the cliff like he had wings. Doing things like this totally rejuvenates me to go back to the stressful job.
The rock formations are so amazing there! You can see for miles in some places.
Connor and Skyler having quite the adventures exploring.

They are very good climbers! Skyler is 9 and Connor is 5. We all did a 4.2 mi hike and the boys did very well! Kristi is doing a great job starting them young hiking. We met an older man on the trail that was glad to see 2 youngsters hiking. He said "I can't get my grandkids to leave the tv set."
Isn't this amazing? This was taken on the Echo Canyon trail down to the Grottos. I wished my grandkids could have enjoyed the hike with us. All the kids would have loved the grottos!
There were many Mexican jays at our campsite.
They got quite assertive! This one jumped onto my lap and grabbed this bread!
The temps were warmer than we anticipated but we had a very enjoyable time. We love the Chiricahua's!

2 comments:

TheShumWAYS said...

How fun! What good hikers they look like

Karen said...

That hike is always been one of my favorites.