Pomerelle Hike with Carson

I took our oldest boy Carson on a hike to local ski area Pomerelle on Saturday. He has been telling me that he wants to climb Cache Peak and other mountains with me. There is a local mountain near that is dubbed the "D". D standing for the small town of Declo. It is a good training hike where you gain 1300 ft in elevation and it takes less than an hour to get to the top. Carson really wants to hike the D, but there are some really steep (but short) sections that I am afraid he would have a hard time coming down from. Consolation prize for Saturday: head for Pomerelle. We parked in the parking lot and headed up the run called Milk. Very appropriate because there were cows and cowpies everywhere.

Here is Carson in all his hiking gear. Trekking poles and $2 binoculars!!
He really was a good little hiker.

There were beautiful mountain flowers everywhere!

Self portrait with Big C in the background.

There you are: you big messy cows!!!

It wasnt long before I was carrying all four hiking poles so that Carson could use his binoculars.

This is the half pipe. Full of weeds and trees. Not too much "vert" here!

Loved this picture of Carson....wish it came through better.

We drove to the top of Mt Harrison. Congrats Carson on "bagging" your first peak.....even if we drove to get there. To the left of Carson's head is Cache Peak.....maybe after a few more peaks and hikes, we can hit Cache!!

The skull and cross bones shirt is for Brig C !!