Wednesday, August 13, 2008

The Four Day Three Night Backpacking Trip

I went on this really cool backpacking trip with my Dad, brother and my Grandpa to Twin Lakes on the other side of Mt. Hood. When we got on the trail, it was a little hilly but the farther we hiked, the steeper it got. I found a very nice walking stick leaning against a tree at the top of the trail. My Dad said it was made of Madrone. Then we hiked down the other side of the mountain to lower Twin Lake. We set-up at the first campsite we saw then my Dad hiked around the lake to see if he could find a better campsite. He did. On the second day of the trip, My Dad and I walked only on logs a long ways up to the hiking trail. We also hiked up to Upper twin lakes on the 3rd day. We went swimming a lot. On the other side of the lake, there was a rope swing. You would grab the rope and swing out over the water and let go. The water was really cold. We tried fishing but we didn't catch any fish but we did see a bunch of fish. We hiked around the lake. It was really cool. At the end of the lake there weren't many campsites and the ground was wet and there were tons of mosquitoes. On the very last day we ate the rest of the marshmallows then we hiked back. My brother barely made it. He was pooped! Once we got back to the car, everything turned out good. We got ice cream on the way home.



1 comment:

Richard and Marlene said...

I like the picture where we are all wearing red jackets except Papa.