A Day in the Mountains!

 George's sister Karen came to visit for the weekend and we decided that an excursion to the mountains would be a perfect way to spend Saturday.

Matt recommended a hike on a ridge up above Blue Lake. 

Amazingly beautiful scenery!

I am not sure if everyone in the group would have agreed with Matt's assessment that this was an easy hike but I do believe a 'good time was had by all.'

Grandma and Isabella selfie!

Thanks to Pinterest, I had a couple of games for her to play.  One was a regular scavenger hunt and the other a color hunt.  Both were fun and entertaining.

We even found enough snow for a snowball fight!

At one point, Karen decided that going ahead and climbing over the log that blocked the trail would be too hard for short little me!  She didn't remember that telling me I couldn't do something is like waving a cape in front of a bull.  

There is more than one way to forge ahead!

On the way back I did go over the log.  Where there is a will there is a way! 

And we made it up another ridge to see the view before turning around to go back to the cars.

George loves to take photos of me taking photos.  It's his favorite hobby! And I do give him ample opportunity to pursue it. 

 I think both Karen and Monica will research the trail before going on another 'easy' hike with Matt!

But they were good sports!

After the hike, Matt took us to a secluded spot with ready made fire rings and built a big fire.  We enjoyed personalized tin-foil dinners.  Our 6 year old enjoyed a hot dog and had plenty of help cooking it.

As the fire burned down to coals, there was lots of game time.  George aced the new ring toss game on his first try.

Karen savored her first s'mores in a long time. I was able to find gluten free marshmallows at Trader Joes and gluten free graham crackers at Walmart.  Gluten free chocolate is readily available.

Great food in a beautiful setting with family!

What could be better? 

 Isabella had such a great day that she cried when it was time to go home.  She kept saying that she didn't want it to be over.

Love that little girl so, so much!

Come back soon Karen!