A HIKE!

Forgot to weigh this morning, because we were all in a rush to eat breakfast and head out for the day. Oops.

But the good news is that Leif is on vacation starting today and to celebrate we went on a family hike!! We were out the door by 8:30 and we headed up to Lava Lake. Ellie started out walking pretty well, but then before we even reached the Lee Metcalf Wilderness boundary she was in the backpack.

On my back.

She fell asleep in there and didn't wake up until we were a few turns into the switchbacks, at which point I had her get out of the pack and walk again because she is heavy!! And between her walking and my walking carrying her, it took us a long time to get to the top. 3.5 hours! I'm not sure it's ever taken us that long before, but at least I got my exercise carrying a 30 lb pack!! SparkPeople seems to think that carrying a 10-20 lb pack for 3.5 hours should burn over 1000 calories. I think that's an overestimate (they actually say 1400 calories!), but I know I burned more than my requisite 200 for the day!!

On the way down I had Leif carry her and I carried the pack with the water, food, and camera gear. It was still over 10 lbs, but much lighter than she is!

So that was my day. We just got home around 4:30 and it practically took us the whole day to do Lava Lake. 3.5 hours up. 2 hours down. An hour at the top relaxing by the lake. Oh, and we picked a bunch of wild huckleberries on the way down. They were delicious!

Now... what are we having for dinner? I guess I should figure that out...