A NEW HOBBY

This summer we have been trying to do some hiking as a family. Some like it...some hate it...but we do it anyway:) This hike we went on was to Aldous and Hancock lakes. I map quested it and for some reason it calculated the drive as 45 minutes from Idaho Falls. WRONG! It took 2 hours to get there. We felt like we were in the middle of no where...as you can see. We saw very few other cars on this road. Saw more cattle than human life. Brylee made me take a picture of the navigation map because it showed absolutely nothing. It felt like quite the adventure! It was a five mile hike and even through the complaining it was amazing and beautiful. And no bears!! Lexie and Brylee didn't want to do the hike once we saw how remote it was. They were afraid we would run into bears...We had a little geography lesson about the continental divide which was good for all of us!! I swear I never learned about it in school:) Or maybe I wasn't listening...who knows.

The first lake we got to was Aldous Lake. It was beautiful. We brought lunch in backpacks and ate even though Lex and Bry were worried it would attract bears!

Before we got to the second lake we ran into a snow patch. A few snowballs were thrown:)

Hancock Lake was small and very remote. It was so pretty! It looked like it would be dried up by the end of the summer. We were glad we got to see it with water.




























Brylee is soooo strong. It was good to see her smile once on the hike:)

My poor car!! Why we took it I will never know:( The dumb thing is I took it to the car wash that morning before we left!! What a waste of $10. It was a GREAT day!!