Mt. Timpanogos

For years when we lived in our old neighborhood Jared would hike Mt. Timpanogos with the Young Men in the ward. As we look out our family room window and look onto the magnificent view of the mountain he has said a million times, “We need to hike Mt. Timpanogos.” Well, we finally did it. Jared, Jaylee, Jenna and I got up at 2:30 am and were hiking by 3:30 am. We hiked most of the way up in the dark and were almost to the top as the sun came up over the mountain in front of Timpanogos and we witnesses the beautiful sunrise. From the top we could look down on the valley and it was an incredible sight.

Jared can’t seem to understand why though I wouldn’t necessarily want to do it again. The last hour every step I took felt like the bones in my feet were all broken. My knees hurt, my hips hurt and it was a hard, long hike. I think it’s about 12 miles. It took us four hours to get up there and three hours to get down. It was something great to have accomplished, but still I think once in a lifetime is good for me!