Forsythe Canyon Hike

We were terrible about getting outside much last summer because of the move from Canada and feeling like I just needed to get the house organized and all settled in. Things could still use some organizing, but I'm feeling much more settled and have been very eager to get out and into the mountains! So, despite wildfires in Canada making the air very hazy, we went hiking in a canyon near Boulder. Austin's brother, Brent, and his family reorganized their schedule last minute so they could come with us and we had a very nice time.

The trail wasn't too busy and it was shady along with being pretty cool at least at the beginning.

The goes along a little river and seems to end at a waterfall, where many of the hikers seemed to have turned around, but if you scramble over some rocks, the trail continues on to a reservoir.

There was a lot of sand around the reservoir, so the kids had fun digging in that. We stayed and played for about half an hour before heading back.

We look forward to getting out a lot more this summer than we did last year. The kids all want to go swimming as much as possible, but I want to go hiking and it would be nice to camp a bit too!