First Hike Of The Season

The weather has finally started cooperating, so we headed into the canyon with a few friends for a hike. Because there are still quite a few feet of snow in the mountains we started our hiking season off at Bell Canyon Reservoir. This hike is about 3/4 of a mile to the reservoir. With an elevation gain of about 500 feet.

Two of our hikers were small, but they were determined to do it themselves. This slowed the pace a little so the older kids got a few extra breaks while they waited for us.

I was impressed with how well the kids did, especially the little ones. We got almost 1/2 mile before they started wanting to be carried.

Then after a few minutes of being carried they would try to walk again.

The view was really cool on this hike.

the kids liked looking out over our city and seeing places that were familiar. We had a really good view of the park in our neighborhood.

Somewhere along the trail Joe found a great walking stick. He was really excited. He used it the rest of the hike, and then brought it home to use on our next hike too.

The first thing we did when we made it to the end of the trail was have a snack.

Then we headed over to check out the water.

The water in this canyon is part of the watershed.

So that means no swimming.

But it was fun to look at, and throw rocks in.

Valerie was tired, so I carried her back down the trail most of the way. I think the other kids liked this because that meant we could go faster.

It was a great day for a hike and with the water so high this year, everything was very green and pretty. I can't wait for the snow to melt a little more, so we can check things out a little higher up the canyon.