Now that the leaves are changing color, we felt compelled to enjoy them in the mountains while we can. We headed to Echo Lake and hiked 3 miles in to another lake called the Upper Chicago Lake. It was tough terrain but our boys did amazing. There were times we had to hold onto the boys so they don't slip and fall down the cliff.
The trailhead and potty breaks!
Here is one of many photos that Jonas took on the hike. We gave him our shatterproof camera to practice shooting pictures. He loved it!
Eventually, after a lesson or two about where to hold the camera, he took this photo up above. Impressive! Jonas expressed,"This is super beautiful!"
There were several boulders to climb up for the boys and take photos of them. What great memories of them together.
After 1 1/2 miles, Silas was getting tired and dillydallying. So Matt continued with Jonas to the lake to fish.
And sure enough, Jonas caught his first fish ALL by himself. Matt was so excited with yelps that people started to gather and congratulated Jonas. What a father/son moment!
Jonas hiking back down with dad. He told Matt,"Did you know that moss grows because it's wet?" Matt had no idea where he attained that information or he just logically came up with it.
Our hike down was full of dirt playing and stacking of rocks. Silas repeated words like 'moss, rock, dirt, roots, steep,' and more.
Our last stretch of hiking ended with Silas touching the leaves and saying "smooth".
What a fun filled day of autumn.
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