Family Hike: Lost Ranch

We set off on a beautiful Sunday morning to hike with the girls. Eloise was nestled happily in her "back pack" and Natalie was ready to go in her tutu and armed with her Fisher-Price binoculars. Due to the amount of chaos these two can produce vs. the amount mommy and daddy can tolerate, Gus had to stay home and guard the house.

 

We made it to the Lost Ranch.  Natalie was not impressed with the ranch, or remnants of, but she was excited that this was our halfway point and thrilled to sit down and have a little snack.

Minutes away from a meltdown and about 500 yards away from the car, Natalie tripped over a rock and fell on her hand/knee. She managed to give herself a pretty legit cut in the meat of her hand, but wow, she was super tough about it. So daddy carried her to the car, cleaned her off, wrapped her all up and we went out for lunch.

Nearly two years ago (to the day), she wiped out in a very similar manner on the very same trail.  http://suburbanhayes.blogspot.com/2014/02/sunday-morning-family-hike.html