Hiking with Friends

Our friends Tom and Becky came to town for a brief visit, and we all decided to run up to the cabin for the day.  The weather cooperated, and it even warmed up to the high 50's by late afternoon.  While Tom & Jordan checked out the cabin from across the pond... 

 ...Becky took a few minutes with the kids to explore life under the icy pond.  They were enthralled!

Later, Thane did his best to enjoy a somewhat limited view from the porch, where piles of snow are stubbornly refusing to melt in the high altitude chill.

Thankfully, the snow has melted down by the river, and the views on our hike back down were amazing:

 

The last part of our perilous journey down the steep hillside was spent in an ATV, where Annabel would only let go of the sides long enough to fold her white knuckled hands and say a quick prayer for our safe return!