Hiking to the Flatirons

Gavin loves to be outside where some of his wildness can go forth into the world without too many troubles.  He has also been getting into hiking because he loves to explore and find things that are on the ground.  I (Brent) decided to take him on a longer hike with just the two of us up to the Flatirons and if we were lucky up to the Royal Arch.  Here we are on a rock slide field on a beautiful day.

We did make it up to the First Flatiron and I let him climb a bit, but any higher than this and he risks getting stuck and not being able to get back down.  It was his first time there and we had a great hike.  We continued on to try to get to the Royal Arch trail, but it was closed for repair from the flood last year and wasn't quite ready to be hiked again.  We continued back to the car but had a great trip.  I really enjoy these times where we can get out one on one with the kids as the time seems very special.