Mt. Baker!!

The weather on Sunday afternoon was amazing, so Pammer and I decided to tag along with the Esau's (Pam's sister, brother in law and 4 kids!!) and their friends for an adventure at Mt. Baker. Now, Mt. Baker is a big mountain in Washington that I see off in the distance everyday as I drive to and from work...and i must say it's practically a crime that I have never actually BEEN to Mt. Baker since living on the west coast......so it was about freakin' time!!!!

As we wound our way up the switchbacks, the scenery was glorious!! We pulled over part way up to soak in this amazing scene at "picture lake"....I think you can tell why it's called that!! These are some of my most favorite pictures 'rebs' and I have taken together!!!!!!

We hiked the Bagley Lake trail (i'm almost positive that's what it was called!!), one of MANY, MANY hikes up on Baker. The hike we did wasn't terribly taxing, cuz kids with little legs had to keep up...which was fine with me because I could stop and take a lot of pics and not get too far behind!!!

2 of Pam's nephews, Aaron (on the left) and BJ (right)
After the Bagley Lake loop, we ate our picnic dinner and Pammer and I decided we had enough energy to hike a bit more. We decided to tackle "Table Mountain" in an effort to catch the sunset. It wasn't a long hike and we got to the top just in time to see some amazing colours in the sky!

And as you know, when the sun goes down, the moon comes up (and it gets dark....doh!!) We made it back down to the car just fine, though had to make our way carefully with the fading light...it was pretty amazing to watch the moon rise from behind the mountains, though...

A day of fun, family and amazing scenery....a great way to say goodbye to summer and hello to fall!!!