Mount Graham Trip for the Birthday

For Nicole's birthday we decided to head up to Mount Graham and let the girls play in the steams.

Here is Breanna striking a pose for the camera.

Ashley having some fun playing in the steam.

I saved the best picture for last.

Nicole was out in the middle of the steam playing around. All of a sudden she noticed a spider sitting on a log. She tried to run out of the steam but she saw another spider blocking her path. She turned to go up stream, another one. She turned to go down steam and yet another one. She freaked out. She was surrounded by spiders and couldn't get past them. She stood in the middle of the steam screaming. Ashley came to her rescue and tried to lead her to the edge. I kept telling her to run out of the steam as quick as she could and the spiders couldn't catch her. There was no logic sinking in, she was to scared. Finally, Ashley was able to lead her towards the edge and she bolted out of the steam and started down the path back to the car. She went so far down the path we lost sight of her. She must have realized we didn't follow her because she came back to where we were. This is when the photo was taken. She is still screaming at the top of her lungs because she was so scared.

I was worried about running into a bear, but after that I know they all fled. I'm very proud of Ashley for running into the spider infested area to save her sister.

After the steam we ate lunch by the Pursley's cabin and the girls swung on the rope swing. With so much snow this winter the deck on the cabin broke. You can see where the deck was attached to the cabin.