Hiking

One of our favorite things to do is hiking as a family.  In El Paso the ideal hiking season is Fall/Winter.  This blog post is a collection of pictures from many Saturday hiking trips.

At one location there is a cement reservoir at the beginning.  It's fun to climb up and slide down.

We carry the twins are our backs with either the hiking backpack or baby carrier.

Andrew and Sylvia are great hikers!  We call them our little mountain lions.

We have even gone on some moderately difficult hikes and were always impressed by the kids.

Daddy and Christian.

We have hiked many trails all a part of Franklin Mountain State Park.

It's a beautiful mountain range complete with cacti and other desert flora and luckily we haven't run into any rattlesnakes or scorpions.

This was at the top of one of the more steep hikes.  We made it!

Sometimes the twins like to get out of their carriers to walk around too!

On our way up the side of the mountain.

We've done this trail a couple of times now but it is challenging up near the top.

Andrew doesn't need any help.

He did it!  He definitely looks like a mountain lion in this picture.

Sylvia looks proud of herself too!

We asked another hiker to take our picture.

This is the view from the top, you can see the trail and parking lot down below.

We love spending time in Nature!

The twins are so cute.  Maybe next year they won't need to be carried anymore.

I love this picture because of the sun's rays.  The kids are about the cross the bridge.

Here we are at Aztec caves.  The lighting isn't great but it's cool to see the landscape below and behind us.

Another shot from inside looking outside of the caves.  The caves don't go down into the mountain, this is taken from as deep as they go.  We always take a little break and have a snack in the caves.

Sometimes Sylvia needs Daddy's help going down the steep parts.  Mommy thinks going down is always the hardest part because of the steepness and loose rocks.  But Daddy is always there to help everyone!

Saturday hikes can be tiring but they are always worth it.

We've been hiking mountains together as a family since Rachel was just pregnant with Andrew.

Looks like we've raised quite the hikers!

It is fun to live in another place we can keep up this fun family pastime!