Battle Creek Falls Hike

It's that time of year again. . . Yep it's UEA, and that means it's hiking time.  This is our third year at this and this time none of my kids were packed in the backpack.  Malia made it all the way up and back on her own, with minimal whining.  We chose this year to attempt 2 hikes, the first was Battle Creek Falls in Pleasant Grove.  We were told it was a short, easy hike and the kids could totally make it.  True the kids made it, but holy cow it was uphill the entire way.  It was beautiful, quite a hike, but beautiful.  We walked by a creek most of the way, and there were several waterfalls as well.

 It was amazing.

 This was the biggest waterfall, the kids had a lot of fun with it cuz you could walk right up to it.

 This is at the top (at least what we thought was the top) where we ate lunch and then turned around and went back.

 This was towards the beginning of the hike, before most of the whining started.

This is what most of the hike looked like, narrow and uphill.

 The kids at the top after we ate lunch.

 At the bottom, all done, and still smiling, AMAZING.

 The mom's, we were a little bigger of a group last year, but we still had a great time.

 Michelle found this log to take a picture of the big falls on, I couldn't resist.

 Jess showing us her favorite  Halloween treat.  (which btw I do not like, I think they taste like poo, jk).

 Malia at the top, not very happy about the whole having to walk thing.  But hey she made it.

Tomorrow's hike will be a little more adventuresome, we might have to bring the backpack just in case.