hiking

Sometimes I've had people ask me what my hobby is. I always answer that I really don't have one. Yes, I love baking...but I'm not sure that is a hobby because I never do it without a purpose (meaning I have someone in mind to give it to). I've come to realize that if I had more time (mainly without kids), I think I could easily take up hiking. I love it. I love how it's outdoors, how physical it is and how peaceful/quiet it is in the mountains. This week I hiked twice with Cam. The first was with my dad in the Running Springs area. Cam enjoyed it, but I've realized that he actually likes climbing rocks (big ones) a little more. Here are we are at the top of a big one.




Today I took him to Mt. Baldy. I had read about it and knew that anything involving riding a chair lift would be right up his alley! He loved the chair lift and loved being up on the mountain. I had to adjust my expectations slightly as we really didn't do THAT much hiking. I realized that ski runs are pretty steep and Cam isn't into hiking enough to get worn out doing it. So climbing on tree stumps and throwing rocks of the cliff played as much of a part in our hike as the actual hiking did.



Cam: "Look! I'm the Statue of Liberty in California!"


And what did Kendall do both of these days? The first day she hung out with my mom, and today she and Chris spent the afternoon in Palm Springs, playing at the mall and browsing a couple golf stores. :)