Hiking in the Beartooths

We had a super fun morning hiking in the Beartooth Mountains near our home. (I still marvel at the fact that we can spontaneously decide to go hiking and be in such beauty in just one hour!)

On the drive, I reviewed our Bear Aware safety tips.

Fred asked if that was really wise (since even in bear country, actual bear encounters are so rare and I’m so skittery about them already)–but I assured him that it was, at least for me. 😉

Then, after letting a family pass us on the trail because they were all on horseback (how fun is that!), we were off …

How do you get your Golden some nice, fresh water on a hike? You hand filter it into her collapsible bowl of course!

Daddies and little girls love to explore a mountainside together …

We know we’re almost back to the car when we reach sleeping man rock …

But there’s still time for cooling hot feet in the water …

The ride home showed that a good time was had by all …

Now, if I can just get back to sleep, I’m looking forward to church in the morning! Hope you are too.

G’nite and God bless!

Yours,
Tara B.

PS
There is nothing like a morning like this to help motivate me to continue working on my health goals. Weight loss is great–but the strength and stamina to hike with my family? Well, THAT’S a very positive motivational factor. Grace abounds!! — tkb