Beehive Basin



Beehive Basin Hike



Sunday, July 29th, 2012

Beehive Basin Hike

We all slept in this morning and had a great breakfast made by Rob.  After breakfast, we had a very sweet time of worship and scripture. I am SO thankful for families who love the Lord and that our kids have grandparents who love them so and pray for them.  What a treasure for our kids!

Sunday Morning worship

After a relaxing lunch, we decided to try a hike in the area...the Beehive Basin.  We thought the hike was 2 1/4 miles long but it turned out to be a little over 3 miles EACH way.  A total of over 6 miles and a steep climb...the kids did great for the hike being A LOT longer than we supposedly thought.   The hike was absolutely gorgeous and we were walking through so many alpine meadows.  The above picture was taken by my sister-in-law, Lin.  Everywhere you looked there were different colored flowers and mountains all around.  AHHHH!!!



Ready for our hike!

 Due to the unknown length and difficulty, we went in shifts back to our house but the hike was enjoyed by everyone no matter what the distance that they went.  What fun to explore and hike with all the Barretts.  We were watching for animals but again....a group of 16 is not conducive for lots of animal spottings.  I ended up taking Annika, Erin and Nana back early so we enjoyed a quiet late afternoon of playing, resting and blogging.  The hike took most of the afternoon for the rest of the group.

The rest of the group climbed up through many alpine meadows, up steep hillsides until they reached a basin surrounded by mountains.  There was a beautiful lake and many boulders that the kids loved scrambling up.  It amazed the adults that after the complaining on the hike up (especially after Jonathan kept declaring that he absolutely could NOT go any farther) at all the energy and rejuvenation that surged through the boys when there were big cliffs to climb up :)  They did have fun and it was a beautiful hike for sure.

 Nana and I went down to the "Mountain village" to see if we could buy some charcoal for dinner.  Due to no signs and many bad turns, we finally found a little store which had just closed 5 min. earlier.  So...down the mountain we went to the next "village" to find the supplies that we needed.  We did enjoy a wonderful meal of chicken and pork chops made by Joe and Linda.

We enjoyed a wonderful time in the hot tub, which felt especially good after the big hike.  The kids had fun playing the "Hot Tub" game, a favorite game they like to play when we are at the beach together, now we get to play it in Montana.  The evening ended with the watching of the Olympics and then off to bed. Tomorrow we are heading to Yellowstone National Park.