hiking the valley (destination: waterfall)

Matt is 100% not afraid to load the van full of children, food and water and head out into the great unknown.  He doesn't care if he's never been before, if he doesn't have any idea what the roads are like, if he has only a wild guess of how long it will take him to get there and if he has only a vague idea of where 'there' is actually located.  

I love it.  Except for the times that I hate it :)  ha!  Sometimes I think "Matt, you are crazy."  Mostly I think, "Matt, you are just about a perfect fit for this crazy life we live."  

And I do have to give it to him.  Much of the time his adventure finding turns out to be a very nice affair.  {and then there are the few times that I wonder "how did we get ourselves into this situation??!??!"}

Monday was another big win for Matt.  

He and the kids left early in the morning and two hours later?  This.

Big win.

You'll have a difficult time finding a tougher group of boys :)

Matt said these three girls loved scampering ahead and practicing their bouldering skills.  And they found the waterfall too :)

I later asked, "Did Luke like hiking?"
Matt's answer:  "Luke likes rock throwing.  He sees hiking as a means to an end, and that end is more rock throwing.  So yes, I guess you could say he likes hiking, but if there were no rocks, there would be no liking of the hiking."

And apparently he didn't make it the entire way on his own two feet either!

Lunch break pit stop.  Oh how we love doing life with these families!

Father. Son. Waterfall.

The team 4.5 miles later, back down at the bottom.  Wet shoes, muddy pants, peanut butter smeared faces and ready to fall asleep on the drive home :)

We will be back at this valley and hiking to this waterfall again.  And next time I'll go with them!