Up on a Mountain

 Last year my sister, Jennifer, and I took Katie on our favorite hike. However, the day we chose to go was a cloudy day. When we got to the top of the mountain, we were standing in the cloud, and you couldn't even see the edge of the mountain. This year, we took her on a sunny day, where she could get the real view at the mountain top. It was beautiful - even more beautiful than the pictures show.

One of the best memories of the hike that we had is one without pictures. There was one muddy stretch of the walk that was only about six or eight feet long. When Katie was headed back, she was leading. She wasn't quite sure where to step with mud all over. Since she took too long deciding, her feet started to sink into the mud, and when she tried to step out, her foot came out of her shoe. Jennifer reached down to rescue her shoe, and while Katie tried to keep her balance on one foot, her walking stick started moving back and forth, which hit Jennifer in the head over and over while she tried to get the shoe. I knew I wanted pictures but was laughing too hard to take them. In the end, we got through the mud, Katie learned that she couldn't take time to think when she's in wet mud, and Katie had muddy shoes and socks. It was all worth the laughter that came out of it!

When we first got out of the car, I was feeling carsick from the curvy roads, but getting out into the fresh air cured it.

Before long, I had a smile on my face!

My mom and I were often behind Aunt Jennifer!

There were so many butterflies near the top of the mountain!

This was the last stretch up before reaching the top.

When we got to the top, we rested while we ate lunch and enjoyed the view.

We could see five mountain tops from where we were.

The mountains that were further away didn't show up as clearly in the pictures, but they were easy to see in person.

We had the mountain top to ourself for most of our hike, but we had company at the end, so the masks came out.

Our hike started at the lake that was way below us.

We live in a pretty place!

This was a much better view this year over last year!