Lake Mountain with Kristina:
My parents had my kids for the day, so Kristina and I had a really fun date. We slept in, had a nice relaxing breakfast and decided to hit Lake Mountain and we were both excited because it was her first time up. The first few miles were really hot and both of us were sweating pretty good and watching the dark clouds move closer to the sun. They finally obliged about 3/4 of the way up and it made it so much nicer. K was doing really well, but she isn't used to this much uphill, so we did stop to take a few breaks on the way up, but she pushed hard and it was fun to see her determined to make it up.
We hit the summit just as it started to sprinkle and the wind was picking up a lot. Now we were both getting chilled, but it felt great up there. We snapped a few pics and headed down. It was a ton of fun just chatting away all the way back down to the car. She did awesome and didn't complain once. I think she is ready to hit some bigger peaks, so we will do a few more warm-ups and then get after Timp.
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