The Boy Scouts are doing a 50 mile backpacking trip in Yosemite in a few weeks. Jordan and Scott have been preparing by doing smaller hikes each weekend. This weekend they camped one night doing a test run with the bear canisters in the back pack. They hiked 10 miles yesterday evening and 10 miles today on the Ohlone Wilderness trail. Not an easy hike. I have pictures of them when I dropped them off and when I picked them up.
Getting the packs on. Jordan is noticing this is the heaviest he has carried.
Jordan and Nathan-- Scott at the truck getting his pack on. Nathan is such a good sport to come along and keep Jordan company.
I am waiting at the bridge to take a picture of the guys. Here comes Chance, this is what he needs...
...his shoes tied?! What, the child knows how to tie his own shoe laces. This coming from a child who will some day be a scientist and invent something amazing.
Here the hikers come- they have walked the first 100 yards!
This is where Chance and I say good-bye and we go to the creek to skip rocks and look for tad poles. But wait, look Mom...
It's a ground squirrel!
He so cute and small.
He runs to his hole, waiting for us to leave.
He looks out the other hole, Yup- we are still here.
At the creek and now it is time to...
...skip rocks.
I got to Del Valle the next day and they were waiting for me. Last time they did the hike I waited for them. I was bummed I did not get pictures of them walking the last few steps of the hike.
Jordan continues to hide from the camera.
Nathan gives me his smile of pain. He has a scratched his eye and it is swollen. The story goes that is a raccoon attack-- because sometimes life just needs a little embellishment.
If the picture could talk you would hear and I quote "Mom, can you get a friggin' life and stop spending all your time blogging" Sure Jordan and not have any fun embarrassing you through your teenage years. That would be denying me my parental rights!
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