This morning I got a text from my friend, Sharon, saying that she and her 9 year old daughter, Sammy, were planning to hike up Targhee today ... and did we want to join? Connor jumped at the opportunity, Brady declined, and Corbin offered Maggie the chance for a special bike ride instead. So Connor and I headed up to Targhee for a hike up the Bannock Trail. Susy ended up joining us with all 4 of her kids. Timmy, only 4, rode in the backpack for a short time, but walked most of the way! He was so determined, and I was so impressed. As it's early in the season, the trail is not well marked and we missed an early turn and ended up hiking straight up a steep section (the pictures don't even do it justice). So Susy, Sharon and I made it up to the top with 6 kids. There was snow, there was mud, there were gorgeous views ... and I had M&Ms and Sport Beans for the tough moments ... the kids were amazing. We really had a great time. Truly.
After a chairlift ride down, we met Corbin, Brady and Maggie at the pool. Corb took another ride in Rick's Basin while we played with kids at the pool. We finished the day with a fun dinner at the resort restaurant (which incidentally offers free meals to kids under 10) - dinner for 12 ... lots of laughs.
Throughout the hike today, Connor and Will were true mountain goats. They could have scrambled up this trail in half the time we took. At the top the boys came to me and said, "Can we celebrate our hike to the top with a sleepover tonight?" So we have Will here with Connor and Maggie, Brady's out at the ranch with Susy, Elsa and Tim (they've collected eggs and taken care of the rabbit), and Sharon ended up taking Ann home to spend the night with Sammy - major kid swap after a very fun day. This is as it should be.
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