After a full day with work, tires, mid-singles lunch and moving I managed to find myself back on the mountain. I actually got on the c trail this time. For some reason I get started around 7 on these things and that causes a bit of a lighting challenge. I pressed on up the trail though and enjoyed the hike. Funny enough I got up there and recognized this certain spot. It was about 20 yards further up the mountain from my stopping point last time. I had no idea I was that close to the trail. I pressed on and got probably 3/4 of a mile away from the C when I decided it was time to turn back. The sun was about to set and I wanted to minimize my moonlight hiking. As it was the last mile and a half were in the dark and no, I didn't have a flashlight. No biggie though, the moonlight was just enough. I'm figuring that I went somewhere between 7 and 8 miles round trip. I did manage to get a tree picture for this hike too. Maybe that is my thing. I don't know. Anyhow, at the stopping point I explored a bit before heading back down the mountain. There was this old dead tree and in the background was the box canyon and cliffs that I want to hike back into. I might try and do that on Monday after work - hopefully before 7. I do need to make another climb on the C trail and actually get all the way up to the C. I was fairly close. Next time. So here are a few pics.
When I got back to the car I pulled out my phone and saw that I had a text from Rachel and had missed a call. The text said Jack was missing me and wanted to talk. It had only come just a few minutes before I saw it so I called and talked to Jack for about an hour. He was having a hard time and so we talked, we did a little breathing, he cried and was very emotional, I listened and loved and missed my little boy. After a bit he calmed down and we talked about some fun things. I told him that I had been hiking and how I had to hike in the dark for the last while. He sobbed and told me how brave I was. I had to chuckle to myself, he was so cute, so sincere. I told him that he was a very brave boy also. Anyhow, we had a great visit.
Next Saturday the kids will be coming home. We will be back on our trail here together. I am looking forward to their return. I think about my responsibilities as father to my children and I recognize that I have a long way to go. The thing about the trail we are on as a family, we are not left to find our way on our own. We have the ultimate guide in the Savior. I am grateful for that .
When I got back to the car I pulled out my phone and saw that I had a text from Rachel and had missed a call. The text said Jack was missing me and wanted to talk. It had only come just a few minutes before I saw it so I called and talked to Jack for about an hour. He was having a hard time and so we talked, we did a little breathing, he cried and was very emotional, I listened and loved and missed my little boy. After a bit he calmed down and we talked about some fun things. I told him that I had been hiking and how I had to hike in the dark for the last while. He sobbed and told me how brave I was. I had to chuckle to myself, he was so cute, so sincere. I told him that he was a very brave boy also. Anyhow, we had a great visit.
Next Saturday the kids will be coming home. We will be back on our trail here together. I am looking forward to their return. I think about my responsibilities as father to my children and I recognize that I have a long way to go. The thing about the trail we are on as a family, we are not left to find our way on our own. We have the ultimate guide in the Savior. I am grateful for that .
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