Harney Peak & Horsethief Lake (Day 10)

So this morning Jacob and the girls and I slept in, then headed to the pool area where I was able to catch up on the blog (little by little) while Sean and the younger two boys went on an adventurous 8 mile hike!

My youngest son...with a mountain goat in the background. Or as he calls it "the G.O.A.T. (greatest of all time) with a goat".

Their hike to Harney Peak Lookout was 4 miles one way and at the peak it housed an old Watch Tower that you could walk through! It is the highest point east of the Rocky Mountains and the west of the Pyrenees Moutains in Europe! It was just over 7500 ft above sea level. They were flat out exhausted (and stinky) by the time they got back just after lunch, but they had a blast!

The Watch Tower

We grabbed a quick lunch together then headed off to Horsethief Lake again for the boys to do more diving and the girls and I to swim a bit. This time I positioned myself to get some better pics of them jumping off--and confirmed they are complete lunatics. LOL

Horsethief Lake

Caed jumping

Elijah jumping

There were quite a few more people there today, so the jumping took longer to accomplish, but it was well worth it for the warmer temps of the afternoon as opposed to the cooler temps from yesterday evening!

And last but not least--planking pics from their hike!

Sean's version:

Caed's version:

Tomorrow we are off to the Badlands!