...she is off to Brazil. I'm going to "hecka" miss her, but she is going to be the best Sister missionary ever. Anyways, we packed up our bags and headed up to the mountain. The weather was PERFECT, but we started at 3 in the afternoon so we knew we would be hiking in the dark.
This was our little group at the start of the trail. Literally five steps into it we made a wrong turn and unfortunately it would not be our last. Our first stop was at this beautiful waterfall...
We hiked around it for a little while because it is probably the coolest things (besides the peak) on the whole hike.
You get to pass the falls twice on the way up, so here we are standing at the top of the falls...
We did work after this stop. We knew we had a loooong way to go so we didn't stop much for pictures after this point. We made it up to the lake when it started to cool off and the sun started to set. We lost half the group to fatigue, but Porter, Mel, R-beck, and I kept going.
We had to straight up walk across a glacier to get to the trail to take us to the peak. It was nuts. First R-beck would slip, then Mel would pretty much fall clear off of the mountain, and then I would get my leg stuck in rocks. That part was all kinda miserable and you had to go slower than a snail to get across it. However, when we got over the saddle it made it all worth it.
You can tell it was getting pretty dark at this point, but I did not hike for 5 hours to not finish the last leg and make it to the top. I thought it was only going to take 20 minutes or so from this point...it took an hour. BUT...
WE MADE IT!!!!
It was a pretty solid accomplishment...you can tell by the look on R-beck's face just how amazing the whole experience was. Well we made it 7 miles to get to the top and we had to turn around and hike the 7 miles back down. That is when we got lost and injuries ensued, but we made it out alive. Barely. We got off the mountain at 1 a.m. Yeah, do the math. That is like a billion hours of hiking (or 10, but pretty much a billion). It was awesome and super pretty, but I think I'm done hiking it...until next fall.
As cool as Timp was, it is not the best thing that has happened this fall. Football is. I seriously love me some football. Not like most BYU girls do though...you know the ones who just go to take pictures to put on FB so people think they are having legit college experiences. I love the game...watching it, talking about it, predicting what's going to happen...all of it. My inspiration is this guy....
He had me hooked when I was about that ^^^ age. I sorta kinda used to brag in elementary school that my dad was this stud football player who knew EVERYTHING about the game. We talk on the phone every Friday afternoon and predict the scores of all the big games and talk about what players we think will do well. It is the best...you would think that the two of us combined knew more about the game than Bronco and Doman. It's probably because we do. If we were coaching the Cougs, we would have a 6-0 record instead of a 4-2 record. We love us some BYU football and one of my favorite vacays was when we came to Provo as a whole family my senior in high school to watch BYU dominate. It was good times...
Haha Rylee and Kirk were so presh. The only thing I dislike about being in Provo during football season is that I am missing this kid's season.
He's a pretty big deal. He scores touchdowns...a lot. It is weird to think that my "baby brother" is an animal on the football field. It was just yesterday he was our cute little grizzly.
Now he is a little all-star...and all grown up.
Such a stud. I love it. And I love him.
He is prolly the cutest grizzly ever. Here is K-dawg in action....
Gotta refuel.
Such a beast. I wish I could watch him play. I'm pretty sure next season I'm going to have to introduce Porter to GB football and take him out to one of the games. They are the best. Any GBHS alum will agree.
I'm also missing this one tear it up on the soccer field. I guess she is doing this little cross country thing and the word on the street is she is alright. She like runs super fast and stuff. She's "totes" amazing.
Well that is what's going on with the McKeon's. My mom comes up this weekend to help me find a wedding dress...that should be interesting considering I HATE shopping with a passion (unless it is for running shoes), but I love kickin' it with my momma so I'm pumped regardless of the circumstances. I'm so thankful for her and all the work that she is doing for me...she is the best mom in the history of motherhood. That is all for now. Oh and remember to cheer on them Cougs and Niners! --Car--
