Paul wanted to start out our first backpacking trip of the year with an easy, kid friendly hike. He chose Kamas lake.
We started at the Main Fork Weber River trailhead. Note the distance of 1.5 miles.
The trail started out with a lot of dragonflies.
He needed a selfie with one of the dragonflies, ha!
It was a nice hike up.
Which way? Stay to the right.
We saw a few flowers on the way up. Not sure if we were a few weeks too early or a few weeks too late.
We passed this stream and thought this was a good hike for Eli. We were a mile in and thought this was a perfect hike for him until we turned the corner.
That’s when the climb began. The trail went straight up for a mile! Little Pea was NOT happy. We were not happy. It was a hot, steep, long, hike to the lake. We were not expecting a mile straight up, or the extra mile.
Finally! We made it.
2.5 miles to the lake. Not 1.5 miles. This was not a kid friendly hike 🙂
We set up camp.
Paul did some fishing.
Eli did some echoing 🙂
Eli was pretty excited to do some fishing as well. He wanted to use his new fly case.
I stayed back and read in my net bug free.
Eli joined me. What a cute dimple. 🙂
We ate dinner. Pasta Primavera. Paul thought his picture of me eating was funny.
That night I wore my comfy, cozy socks preparing for a cool night. The socks didn’t help. I was SO cold. Miserably cold. Between Eli and his snoring, the cold, and my insomnia, I think I had about 3 hours of sleep.
When daylight finally came Paul got out of his bag saying how hot he was. Turned out I was in Paul’s bag and he was in mine! Apparently my bag is thicker than his. I won’t make this mistake next trip.
The next morning we hiked over the boulders to the other side of the lake and had a snowball fight.
Eli thought this was funny. See his face. Now that is a genuine smile. Do you see his snowball? Yes, it hit us 🙂
Eli found fossil tracks 🙂
Back at camp we ate lunch, cleaned up, and hiked out.
Kamas lake was a beautiful lake to visit and we had a fun two days. With the downhill hike of a mile at the beginning of the trail and the 1.5 mile up hill to the lake, it was a hard hike both ways. I don’t think we will be back any time soon. Too many other lakes to check out.