Okay March 4th continued

So i figured the boys needed to get out of the house. Maude S. Canyon has been staring me in the face all winter. So today was the day, no ifs, ands, or butts. Even though I already jogged 3.5 miles and i had a really bad sore throat and my muscles were already killing me. But I pushed all that aside and we drove over to the canyon. I was surprised how many vehicles i saw there. So Xander wanted to bring a truck. I told him you pack it in you pack it out. We finally reached the top of the vista. after a lot of negativity. I'm not going to lie, i even wanting to give up a few times. So we made it to the top, took tons of pictures. I told the boys we were camping out because there was no way my legs would allow me to go down the mountain. So on the way down Xander (6) decided to put rocks in the back of his truck. He cried the whole way down about how heavy they were. So I said then get rid of them. He refused. The whole way down he cried and told me how much he hated me. I kept telling him that he was building character by being such a pain. He was only going to get stronger. We finally got to the old tracks and he stopped screaming. We make it down to the bottom of the mountain. By now the wind is really blowing, my feet are like ice. So then Xander says, that was really fun we should do it tomorrow. The boys love to hike so as long as their is no truck involved, i'm game for it. I was using muscles that I have not used in a long time. So now the great part is when I weighed myself i was less then I was this morning. Despite all my aches today i made the decision to get my kids out of the house. They are only going to be strong mentally because of it. I want them to be able to face the world straight in the face and conquer it. They are not going to learn by giving up or by me telling them that its okay to give up. So that's my experience winter hiking up at the canyon. And I would like to mention that I had my hair neatly braided before this trip. The wind was so strong that it didnt stand a chance. Our total journey was 5 miles. Im always amazed that my little 5 year old can walk that far on his own.