Today's hike

We went on a beautiful hike today.  The day started out with scattered showers but cleared up for most of the hike.  We were under forest cover most of the time and did several dry bed/ shallow river crossings.  We got attacked by mosquitoes at one point, each person having their own personal swarm.  Luckily we left them behind after one of the crossings.  When we got to the endpoint everyone scattered to pick mountain apples and to explore the river.  No one seemed to want to go home and we ended up lazing around the river, the kids building dams in the little pools and the adults talking, for another hour.  It was a peaceful day.  I feel so blessed to live in such beauty.  Here are the pics of the day: