This Ain't Colorado....

So we climbed a mountain the other day. No big deal, it's just in our backyard, that's all :) There was a small group from California staying at camp for a couple of days and we decided to hike the mountain together.

There are three mountains in our backyard-ish area. La Hija (the daughter), La Madre (the mother) and El Abuelo (the grandfather) Their ages are synonymous with their sizes and we climbed the medium one, La Madre.

Oh and this isn't like Colorado and Pikes Peak where you have a nice little path carved out for you...nope. You make your own path, whatever way looks easier or whichever rock looks the most stable. It was great!

Glenn and Kim all decked out in their cute little hats :)

the first of the fences that we had to scale...

starting up the hills/rocks

the second fence we had to jump/climb....

the view on the way up

getting higher....

the grayish lump on the left is La Hija, the smallest mountain we could have climbed. It only takes like 2o minutes....what kind of hike is that?

higher still

it's getting steeper....

rest break in the shade, it was hoooot!

and now we're getting out of the trees and into the sheer rock...

Glenn's cute little Moroccan hat and canteen :)

and we finally reached the top! it was just a little ledge of rock and you could see over both sides of the mountain, it was amaaaaazing!

Glenn and his cute little hat :)

the view was incredible

and then Kim's hat blew off, so Glenn, the adventurer/mountain goat that he is ventured after it

look at him go! success!

so while we were waiting for Glenn, we thought it would be a good time for some pictures :)

So yeah, that's after we got back down, the mountain we climbed! There isn't very much perspective to show you how big it really is, but trust me, it's huge! It took us around three hours to go up and come back down total, and all those hours on the elliptical totally paid off!

Camp has just been one adventure after the other, and it keeps coming! God is definitely opening my eyes while I'm here. It's incredible to experience His world in this way.