Uinta Mountains Oct 2014

Every post I always say...."I need to get around to blogging more." and again...I hate blogging because computers are not my friend. but I will post about our hike to the Uintas because it was a long drive and very beautiful up there and it is worth sharing. I live-eat-breathe for mountains and I feel like I am trapped if I do not get to be elevated. It is so important for me I can't even describe it. I am so happy to be back in my element and have lots of adventures with the kids in Utah. When we moved here I spent money on camelbaks, hiking shoes, a baby carrier, and all the essentials for adventuring. I plan on getting a huge collection and force my kids to go. Although I don't have to because they love the mountains just as much as me. We have drug them through hot Zion national Park hikes and freezing hikes and they are always good sports and never complain.

I was trying to go to a lake called Dean's Lake that I went to in High School but I had no idea where it was and I think it is a couple hour hike. So I googled easy hikes for kids in the Uintas and everyone said that Ruth Lake was an easy fast hike to a great lake. 

So I packed lunches and off we went. We got a little lost at first because it's been a while since I've been there but we found the canyon and we got to drive a long long way until we got to Ruth lake. We got to enjoy all the gorgeous fall trees and colors and then when we didn't see anything but pines and snow I knew we were going to be high up. we had a few jackets and hats in the car so fortunately we were some what warm. 

When we got to the lake it was so fun but very quickly turned freezing cold and had to run back down. I was holding Raelyn close to me for warmth because I was so worried about her but as I was running down the hill the bouncing must have been relaxing because she fell asleep. I wasn't trying to be careful at all, but she dozed right off. 

We got some good pics and good times and drove home. We knew we wouldn't make it before dark through the canyon so we stopped in heber at a little cafe and got some soup and scones. It was a good day and I hope that we have many more like that. We left all the other stuff behind and for a couple hours we had nothing to worry about but getting up and back down the mountain. Things have changed since we have had kids, and at times I feel like my life is over. No boarding, no long hiking trips, no camping or traveling anymore. It is only a very short while that they are tiny and pretty soon they are hiking along side you and you can teach them. Soon you realize they are wiser than you and you need to learn from them. It is quite an adventure.