Today's Trek

Well, this is all we got to see from the top today. It was still nice up there though, and we did get to watch the vultures play in the updraft. Without one flap of the wings they would glide up into the sky. And we hiked down a different way today. We took the easy side down and hiked around the base to get back to the car. It was a beautiful walk and I got a picture of the coolest tree (see picture posted above).
Other than that, today's trek was possibly the hardest I've ever pushed my body while it was writhing in pain. You see, last Sunday, the boys from our church's youth group issued a formal challenge to the men in our sunday school class in the form of a dodgeball match. Needless to say, the men rallied together and put up one heck of a fight. In fact, we flat out stomped the little guys. But, in the end, who paid the higher price? Those that took a dodgeball in super sonic flight to the face? Or the one belonging to the shoulder that threw the ball? The sprint at the first of the game was what actually got me. My legs were trembling all the way up the mountain today... but it was worth it.