Stewart Falls

The Falls. Quite a beautiful sight!

Over Labor Day weekend my whole family decided to hike Stewart Falls, (along with every body else in the state) with all the kids. If you are wondering if that is a good idea, the answer would be.....not so much. Apparently no one remembered just how long of a hike it is.

For the first half hour, Austin was running and jumping over the rocks and logs, but then when the trail just kept on going, he really started running out of steam. By the time the falls were in view, Lily was SCREAMING, and Austin was too. I kept saying, "who's fun idea was this again, and why aren't we at the pool?"

So after a quick look at the falls, because that is all you could glimpse with the millions of other people there, we decided to hike back out the Sundance way, which according to the signs is 1/2 a mile shorter. It didn't feel shorter. Austin was barley shuffling his feet, and his cousin Talin was not moving another step. He didn't care if he got eaten by a bear or wolf in the dark, he was not going to move. Austin kept asking why we had to keep walking. So I would tell him, and he would just ask "why" again. He was pretty out of it. It was really funny. So he got to ride on Grandpa shoulder, while Talin slept on his mom's shoulder the rest of the never ending way down.

When I asked him later if he had fun he said, "yes I loved seeing those fish." (the ones at sundance) I said, "how about walking in that dirt for a long time?" he thought about that and said, "no, mom that wasn't fun."

SO the moral of the story is this......if you ever think about hiking Stewart falls on Labor day weekend with one 3 year old, one 4 year old, a 5 month old and a one year old (though she was the best out of them all)....don't do it!

I get a good laugh out of it still....