Wife was gone tonight so I packed up the boys and headed out on a long hike. Been wanting to get my 3 yr old up to the waterfall in at the top of Waterfall Canyon. He is fascinated with mini waterfalls in the creeks we hike by most nights so I thought the 200+ feet of gushing water would totally blow his mind. It's a fairly long steep hike for 3 yr old legs so I packed all 40 pounds of him plus some water and snacks in the kid carrier, gave a waist pack to my 11 yr old with more water and headed to the 29th street trailhead. Shocked to find the lot totally full and cars parked on the street. I think every church group in the valley was up there tonight. Not one bit of an exaggeration, would estimate 400+ people on the trail and up at the falls. It was alomst a solid line of people going up and down the canyon, crazy!!
We hiked up at a fast pace, passing tons of people. Good amount of work hiking hard with a 40lbs monkey on my back. A guy in some five fingers hiked with us and was good to chat with. He had just moved to the area, and couldn't belive the people. I told him it was not typical.
My 3 yr old hiked/ran all the way back and had the time of his life. All he has talked about since we got back is going back to the BIG waterfall! | 