My Father's Day gift to Pete this year was a family backpacking trip. That's really all he wanted - for us to go out as a family. So we did. Our destination was Boulder Lake, which is off in the Sultan area. According to the trail description Pete found online, it was suppose to be about 5 mile hike. Nope. Turned into almost 8 miles. Not only was the hike longer than we expected, but we had to make our way through an overgrown meadow, ran into fresh bear scat, and discovered the lake was completely covered in snow. So we had to hike back down the trail just far enough until we reached water. Oh, did I mention we didn't have a water filter with us on this trip? Peter let Daniel borrow our water filter, but it was returned back to us broken and missing pieces (not cool!). So we drank water from a fresh mountain stream. So far we're not sick from doing that *fingers crossed*. Anyway, once we found water, we had to find a place to camp. It was getting late and the sun was starting to set, so we just laid a tarp down on the ground off the side of the trail and called it good. With some fresh boiled water to drink and a hot meal, we were ready for bed. The following morning...I mean afternoon, since we didn't get up until after 10am...consisted of us fixing breakfast, packing up, and hiking out. The hike out seemed to take forever. We were extremely exhausted and starving. On our way home, we stopped at a local restaurant in Sultan to fill up on some much-needed calories. The hike didn't go as planned, but overall, Pete said he enjoyed himself!
Clifford and Kristjan ready to hike
We all recently got new shoes to hike in. They're the Vibram FiveFingers. Cool shoes. But I don't recommend breaking them in on a two day hike. My feet were killing me by the time I made it back to the car, and I could hardly walk for a days after!
Some pics of our journey. So happy the weather was good and the sun was shining!
This bridge has been closed for some time. We didn't let it stop us.
Pete made blueberry cobbler for dessert. Boys passed out before it was done. Kristjan was very disappointed that he missed out.
The next morning. Enjoying a hot breakfast before packing up and making the long hike down to the car.
See that building? It's the bathroom. We took the pic standing next to the car. My feet were soooo sore, I didn't have the energy to walk my butt over there. So I made Pete drive me.
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