Hiking aka climbing a mountain

Last Sunday was a beautiful day here so Edward suggested that we take a walk through the mountains to check his trail cameras. He told me we could walk up an old logging road to them so it would be a nice walk. I thought it was a great idea, we could get the dog and Ella out of the house. Well, lets just say the beginning was fine hiking up the mountain but then the logging road ended. What's next? Ohh you make your own path! Reminder Ella is with us and looks like this...

So, we continue pushing branches out of our way to get to the top of the mountain. I have running shoes on and they slide on the leaves, I don't recommend them for climbing anything. At one point, Ella managed to grab a stick (which she kept in her hand until she fell asleep).

She seemed to be enjoying herself as she was strapped to the front of Edward. Of course, I was dragging behind because I had to pull myself up the mountain using trees because I had no traction on my shoes. Once we got to the top it was actually really pretty (sorry, no picture.) But we were able to get ALL the trail cameras. Going down was a little more interesting, I basically slid the whole way down, Ella on the other hand had a great nap! Here they are back at the car

Lesson Learned: Never believe Edward when it comes to going in the mountains!!
Ohh one more picture that we found on Edward's trail camera