Mt. Akiha

Well back from the holidays and we decided to try out the new backpack.  We drove about an hour and half to Mt. Akiha to do a short 3.2 kilometer hike.  Problem #1:  all up hill. Problem #2:  I am in bad shape for up hill hiking.  Well I thought it would ok, as we started off, it was very quiet and nice weather.  Up the hill it became more windy and chilly.  I hear a rustling the in the woods and here comes a white dog.  It freaked me out a little until I saw it was wearing a collar.  We made it about half way and Julia lost her patience and my knees started to give out.  It was a nice hike but I need more exercise before we can attempt this again. Then we finished the day off with hot Ramen.  Yummy:)

 A map of the hikes.

 Headed to the top on a beautiful day.

 Up through the town to the trail.

 Trees down and a little damage right from the start.

 So quiet and peaceful.

 Right about here is where I started to lose my knees

Now the is one tired baby.

 On the way home we found a cool little tree house.

 With a built in xylophone.

Great first weekend back.