Hiking to Glacier Lake

Chris finally got his way.....he got me hiking! :) And, I made sure to take Hailey with too so he wouldn't just leave me somewhere ;). She was SO EXCITED to go hiking with daddy and Grandpa (never said that about going with me :) ). She also so ready to take her fishing pole and her own backpack of water. She was SET!

Here is Hailey when we were just leaving the truck....time to start HIKING! :)

We started at 8700 feet, and at the top we were at 9,980 feet! That is quite the climb! The hike itself was 3.5 miles, so not too bad. It started out all nice and sunny....and a little too warm too. We took a lot of breaks when there was shade. I will say...Hailey never asked to stop and go back, never asked to be carried, or complained too much. I was SO PROUD of her! She just kept going and going and going! :)

Hailey and Papa starting out....and one of my favorite pictures of my hiker Hailey! :)

The 3 of us on the bridge that goes over the waterfall (and the waterfall itself...BEAUTIFUL!!).

Hailey and Chris at the top...and Hailey hiking.

Hailey at the sign for Glacier Lake! WAY TO GO HAILEY!! And, Chris carrying Hailey over the logs....scary for me on the other side....I was very happy when they were back! :)

Once we got to the lake, we had our picnic lunch. Then Hailey started fishing. She caught the FIRST FISH!! She was very excited and wanted to keep it. And I mean KEEP IT. She wanted it alive, then she wanted it mounted, etc. We finally talked her into having a picture of it instead and eating it later. :) She was okay with that. She was exhausted, so while Chris and Doug were fishing, she curled up and took a little nap on the beach. That is her...in the blue blanket.

The pictures stop there! :) But the story doesn't!!! I had to wake Hailey up from her nap to get to shelter! There was a storm coming. It wasn't just a little storm either...there was HAIL!! Finally after an hour or so of waiting, Chris said it wasn't going to stop so we better just go down. So, we started walking. Most of the way down it didn't rain, but there were times it did. We were all very happy to see the truck.

Hailey LOVED hiking! The next day she was asking when she could go again with Chris...and to a new place. We also ruined Wild Bill for her. Those fish are just too small for her now. Now she wants to go to the big lakes to find the BIG FISH! :) Way to go Hailey! Daddy and I are SO PROUD of you!!