Taking the boys hiking and rock climbing. A great day!
We came across Deer Park, didn't find anything interesting there, so we headed east.
We found a small country road just east of Highway 2, I belive it was called canyon road or gorge road, something along those lines.
We followed it north in the Bronco until we came down to a bridge crossing what I think was the Little Spokane river.
We followed a rocky road until it dead ended, hopped out and went exploring.
William, Brennan, and Drake had a great time.
We saw horses, the remains of what looked to have once beena damn, with just a tower of it remaining, and much more.
Heading back after the hike (in the Bronco), we saw an outcropping of rock, and decided to try some rock climbing in the twilight hours.
The film from that day hasn't been developed yet, but I've some of the digital camera (very poor quality) pics handy, so here are some links to those:
- Brennan (6 years old) up a ways smiling, with Drake looking up from below (oh, yeah, we were ALL wearing head bandanas on this day btw ;-) )
- 8 years old William up higher, clinging nervously, telling me to "hurry and take the picture daddy", heh heh, with Brennan and Drake below
- Drake doing a great job (for a 4 year old) finally overcoming his fears and giving the climb a shot, way to go Drakey!
- I was egged on to climb to the top, so I did, with William taking the pics. Alas, they didn't really turn out, but I posted them anyway, what the heck. He accidentally didn't take the victory shot with me on the top arms raised skyward in melodramatic fashion. ;-) &nbps &nbpsAnd here's the other pic
When the film from that day gets developed, I'll scan in and post those much better shots from the hiking part of the day.
All in a all, a great October day outing with the boys.
I look forward to many more in the near and frequent future. ;-)br />
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