Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Hiking Badger Mountain

Last Saturday we wanted to get out of the house and go for a walk, but instead of wandering around the neighborhood we opted to hike Badger Mountain. Badger Mountain is the prominent peak in the area reaching 1579 feet. Hiking Badger is a sort of right of passage for locals, akin to climbing the "Y" at BYU.

We knew Madeleine couldn't make it so we brought a carrier for her, but we were hoping Asher would like to walk. We weren't that far before Asher insisted that he ride on my shoulders. The unexpected result from carrying both of them was that I flew up the mountain compared to Vanessa, because I was in such a hurry to put them both down.
At the top we had a picnic, and Asher peed on the bushes next to the radio tower, which he thought was really cool (the tower, not the peeing). We also took some pictures including this one of the Columbia River Temple (Temple is middle-right, Columbia River is upper left). After we climbed back down the kids had a bunch of fun playing on the play ground. Madeleine loved the swings, but the fun and games ended when Asher wandered in front of her and got bulled over. Still it was a really fun day.

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