Backpacking trip to Ruth Lake

Russell and I took Aiden and Eliza on a backpacking trip in the Uinta Moutains. We went to a beautiful place called Ruth Lake. It was a short hike (about a mile) perfect for the kids. It followed this fun stream that they had fun playing in and before we knew it we were at the lake!
Isn't it gorgeous? We saw a beaver swimming around eating lilly pads and a chipmunk and that was about it for wildlife. Unless you count the 10,000 mosquitos that feasted on Eliza.
The water was pretty icey, but that didn't stop Eliza from getting her toes wet. I guess she's like her mom in that way. I love to put my toes in the water when we go hiking.

All Aiden wanted to do the whole time was fish. I am so happy he caught one! He was so excited. We had fished the night before with no luck, but he woke up early the next morning because "that is when the fish are out" and he was right. Way to go Aiden.

Russell cooked the fish up for breakfast. Aiden was right next to him helping out. Eliza said that she didn't want to eat the fish and Aiden said, "Eliza, once Dad cooks it then it will just be chicken." So Eliza ate it and said, "Ya, this is chicken". It's a good thing Russell had brought a lot of lemon pepper to hide the fish taste. And it did taste great.

Jack wasn't quite old enough to make it on the backpacking trip, so he got to have a sleep over with Grandma Liston. But knowing Russell I'm sure that there will be plenty of backpacking trips to come that he will be a part of. And that is fine with me. We had such a great time being together and having an adventure!