Rainbow Falls

Today we woke up early, ate breakfast and headed to the Rainbow Falls trail. Talan was the first to spot a bear while we were driving. It walked in front of us in the road, but it wasn't that cool because it had a huge tracking collar on it. 😁

Everyone was all smiles before the hike, including Janae! 😊

There were streams all along the hike, and nice places to take pictures.

My tiny family!😁

Janae had a rough trip up. Brett tried to get proof but she hid it pretty well. 😂

I am always amazed at how tall the trees are, and how many of them there are. I just love being out in God's creation and taking it all in. 

Tiny family, Part 2 😂

About halfway in, we got to this log bridge with a railing only on one side. 

 Brett said to take our hands off the rail and act like we weren't holding on for dear life. 😞 I really WAS holding on for dear life! I am deathly afraid of bridges!

We never really got to a point where we were winded and needed to rest, but the kids liked stopping here and there and getting their pictures taken.

We got to this waterfall and thought it was okay. Luckily, there was a man there who told us this was NOT rainbow falls!

In this picture, we could finally see the big falls!

 We made it! We climbed the big rocks up to the top. Brett and the kids climbed up all the way and I stayed down a little ways to get pictures of them.

These falls were WAY better than the first falls we hiked to a few weeks ago!

These pictures show the enormity and magnificence of the falls. They were so beautiful.

Notice how happy Janae is now! She loved the falls!

The trip down seemed much faster! 

We even ran into a woman from Wildman that Brett used to work with. THAT was pretty crazy. We probably only saw 20 people all day, and to come across someone we knew?! That was fun!

We ended up hiking for almost four hours! We were exhausted by the time we got home. It was storming, so we ate lunch and took a much needed nap. Then we went to Splash Country in the afternoon and enjoyed cooling off there. Near the end of the day, we waited in line for our favorite ride. We got to the very front and then they alerted us there was lightning in the area, so we had to leave. Just our luck! Oh well, that's one of the joys of having a season pass...we can come back another day!

 On the way home, we could see the rain falling in sheets up in the mountains. Looks like we're in for more rain tonight!