Mike and Paige: Hiking, Part 1

Well, so far this is our first winter together…and its great! I am glad I was interested and learned snowboarding while Mike was gone to Iraq last winter. We are having an awesome time being together on the slopes boarding. I can even keep up with him most of the time. Snowboarding is great because there is actually a beginner’s section. Skateboarding and most other sports do not have beginner’s sections for adults. You either started it when you were young and it was okay because you were young and just beginning. But as an adult you just look ridiculous trying most sports as a beginner, except snowboarding is something anyone of all ages can attempt to learn. Of course there are way little kids that get into skiing or snowboarding at a young age but it’s also welcome for adults to join in. So most all of our free time recently is spent on snowboarding…and we love spending it together doing what we both like to do.

First time to Waterfall together

In the other seasons, most of our time is spent on hiking and camping…and Mike skateboarding. Our first summer together before Mike left for Iraq, almost all of our free time was hiking up somewhere. This spring/summer/fall since he got back we have not hiked as much but we have done a lot more traveling as you have seen in past posts.

top of waterfall

Our second date was spent hiking and climbing up our most frequented hike. Its closer than most trails and a pretty moderate hike up to a beautiful waterfall on 29th St in Ogden, UT. Since that date we have been up the trail many, many times. I even went up it by myself before! (That’s amazing because I’m terrible with directions.) Mike has been up even more times than I have, even by himself as well. One of the first times we went up after Mike returned from Iraq, there was a rattlesnake on the trail. And there are some great climbing spots along the way. One time when we climbed up, there was a guy with a tent at the very top. He said he didn’t see anyone coming up and he was up there to look out for cougars because he is a park ranger.