Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Buck Rock Lookout


On Wednesday, July 6 we headed to the Buck Rock fire lookout. Allie stayed at our friend’s house at camp, which made the trip a lot easier. She had a great time playing with her new friend Aubrie and she thought she was so special to be having a play date. We drove about 20 minutes to the lookout and thankfully the fire gate was open so we could drive almost all the way to the lookout. We had a short hike and then we started our trek up the 172 stairs to the top. Although a little scary climbing the stairs up the side of a rock, the boys did great. At the top we enjoyed amazing views of the canyon and surrounding area. A ranger was in the lookout so we got to go inside and see how she lives up there on top of the rock. It was very interesting. There are only a couple lookouts like this in the whole world, so it was very neat to experience it. After a visit we made our way down the 172 stairs and hiked back. It was our 9th Anniversary and we celebrated in a different way than we ever had….climbing to 8,200 feet together!! It was a fun morning with the boys and Allie had a very fun time back at camp!!













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