Our First Backpacking Experience!

We made it through our first backpacking adventure! We had a great time and I think that I would do it again... maybe I'll just try to make my backpack a little lighter next time! Now I have a better idea of what I need... maybe! We went to the Sipsey River about an hour from Huntsville and hiked in about an hour to get to our campsight. We took tons of pictures the first day, but the camera was on the wrong setting, so most of them are blurry, but the second day pictures are much better, so here are a few pictures from our fun trip!

Lucas and I with our packs standing in front of the first waterfall we saw. It had rained a lot the few days before we went, so all of the water falls were really big!

No one believed that Hailey was going to be the "adventure" dog that we had said she would be, but here she is the first time she saw the water! David thought it was funny!

Me with my GIANT, heavy backpack... glad we didn't have to go much further! Lucas was sweet and put more of the heavy things in his pack on the way back, plus all of the food was gone.

Annie setting up her tent. She realized that the eggs she had brought were leaking into her backpack... yucky....

Hailey was not so sure about the campfire... either that or she was unhappy because the other dogs were trying to steal her food!

Cute Gino!

Hailey Rock Climbing! Haha!

David taking the leap from one rock to the other. It doesn't seem near as scary in the picture as it actually was, but all of us jumped across! Glad none of us missed. The river current was REALLY strong!

The whole group after we jumped across... minus Levi who was taking the picture.

Me and Lucas :-)

Hailey is of course... in the water... I just kept hoping that she wasn't going to jump into the river because I wasn't sure she could get back to the shore with the strong currents. She was definitely happy about getting to be outside for so long. She is such a funny dog!