Hiking the Chanterelle Trail

There is a relatively new trail starting from the North Lake Whatcom Trailhead and last weekend I took Annaliese and Haleigh and met up with the fam to check it out. It was a little chilly but turned out to be a great day for a hike. It was basically 2 miles uphill and the girls did great. Haleigh went up ahead with Ben, Kelsey and Mallory and Kelsey bribed them with crackers to keep them going. Annaliese stayed back with Grandpa and helped encourage Malachi and Elias! At the top was a gorgeous view of the lake! We ate lunch at the top and then took a road that was much steeper but half as long to get back to our car. 

Haleigh and Malachi scrambling over some rocks

All the cousins (minus Lydia)

We felt like we were way out in nature on the hike up...
but the road down was under the power lines! 

Grandpa with Haleigh, Elias, and Annaliese