Saturday was a beautiful day. My daughter came home from college for the weekend and brought a friend with her. The temperature was what passes for warm around here this time of year, so we took a hike.
We tried a trail that started out as a trail and rapidly became a creek bed to follow.
We hiked over things.
We hiked under things.
There is a reason why someone left puddles along the way, so we could hike through things.
One happy critter.
Most of the trail did not look like a trail at all, but once in the canyon, there was only one way forward.
Really it is a trail, look here is a trail marker. It looks like sometimes the water flows around the base of the post.
Bare aspens.
The marker showed us a trail to climb out of the canyon. I was moving faster than the rest of the group, because I brought my power assist dog along with me to keep me from slowing down.
A good time was had by all, even the boy who was off skiing with friends.
This boy played this man in a class play once.
This woman was instrumental in the creation of our new state.
Sometimes we find interesting things on Capitol Hill, like this spring.
If the food is good enough for two presidents (the day before we were there) it is fine for us.
We went to all the good places.
We hiked over things.
We hiked under things. 
There is a reason why someone left puddles along the way, so we could hike through things.
One happy critter.
Most of the trail did not look like a trail at all, but once in the canyon, there was only one way forward.
Really it is a trail, look here is a trail marker. It looks like sometimes the water flows around the base of the post.
Bare aspens.
