A hike up big cottonwood canyon

Yesterday, my awesome husband showed up at lunch time and declared that he had taken the afternoon off and that we should go on an adventure! 

We hiked and hiked and hiked and hiked and saw pretty rivers and lovely mountains!

Our little buddy was content to gnaw on his baby carrier and to be close to daddy.

The trail was pretty steep--it was around 2 miles one way and went up over 2000 feet!

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The aspen trees were LOVELY. 

And then our little buddy fell asleep. 

So we turned him around so he could sleep easier.

And then we hiked so high, we found SNOW! In May! 

At which point we decided we were tired and turned around to head back--and got this view!

By the way, a hypothetical question for you: is it littering to throw a banana peel in the bushes on a hike?  

(we decided it wasn't this time, but after some people saw us do it we decided that it was)

The only mishap came about 200 feet from the car, when our little buddy peed straight out of his diaper onto his daddy.  And he was so excited to have peed his pants!

Hooray for Friday adventures and the great outdoors!