Hiking with Katy and Ed

We have fallen behind again due to the company in town but here is an update. Two weekends ago (March 1st) we decided to take Katy and Ed for a little hike. These two haven't done much hiking since they have been in the great Northwest, so we wanted to make sure we gave them the full experience. We told Ed he would need some boots because there was sure to be snow in the mountains so Katy and Ed spent Saturday buying him some boots.

We picked them up Sunday morning and headed out to the McClellan Butte trail in the Cascade Mountains. As promised, there was a nice snow pack on the trail. After we had been hiking for a over an hour Katy and I were ready to turn back - I thought Louis was going to get antsy and Katy was afraid that she was going to have trouble walking back down the trail. It was then that we noticed Katy's shoes - less like hiking boots and more like casual boots with a little heel and even less traction. Sure enough, Katy had to pretty much slide down the mountain and even took one pretty hard fall on her knee. She was in good spirits through it all though!

Mike wanted to try Louis facing out in the carrier. I told him that it would be fine and if we thought his neck was getting tired we could turn him back around. Louis loved facing out and taking the world in! He was content the whole time and his neck was just fine!

We ended the trip with a lunch at a Mexican restaurant in North Bend before dropping Katy and Ed back off at home!

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