Blue Lake

We took the kids on their first real hike and it was to beautiful Blue Lake. It's a mile down into the lake, about 1/4 mile around the lake and then the mile hike back up and out of the lake. Our nephews, Brayden & Logan came with us along with their dad, Jason.

Johnny had to be watched constantly because he always wanted to explore and go wherever his sister and cousins were going. I think that he believes he can just float in mid air or walk on water if ever the need arises. Brad got a nice little siesta while watching the fishermen reel in a few fish.

We did a little catching of our own but it was of poly wogs and frogs. Actually, a combination of the two caught in the middle of metamorphosis at every stage. This was the most "frog-like" one that we got our hands on. We put them in a water bottle for awhile so the kids could watch them swim around. When it was Johnny's turn to hold the bottle he was a second away from downing the frogs and poly wogs before I snatched the bottle out of his hands. I wonder what he would've done if one of them had ended up in this mouth.

On our hike around the lake we came across fields of wildflowers. I was leaning in to take a picture of this particular flower and a bee flew in a landed on it just as I was pressing down the button on my camera. Perfect timing.

This hike is definitely a due over for us. It was just the right size for the kids and the area was beautiful. It's too bad the first part of the hike isn't the uphill part though since that's when the kids have the most energy. They were quite fatigued hiking back up to the trail head.