"Less Talking, More Walking"

"Less Talking, More Walking" became our family motto this last weekend. We went backpacking to Island Lake on Thursday. We got a late start hitting the trail head sometime after 7:30pm. We started out hiking with my sister Brittney, her husband, Brent and their super hiker of a daughter Oaklee. Only a few minutes into the hike our kids were done. After dragging Chloe a few hundred yards with her kicking and screaming Brent picked her up and carried her the rest of the way. Without him we might have been hiking all night. Braxton a little farther into the hike started having a hard time. First, he was tired and ready for bed, but then thought he should ask a million questions. Which brought about the new Pace Family Motto. As the dark night rolled in, we kept going. We were only able to find a few headlamps to hike the last mile in the dark. Somewhere around 10:30pm we rolled into Island Lake. At that point, I think we were all asleep. So we threw up the tents and crawled in. My bothers family was supposed to be coming up as well, but my bro. got lost in the dark and ended up 3 miles in the wrong direction. Luckily, the next morning he was able to find us. We spent the next day playing with fire, in the hammock, with dirt and bugs, swimming to the island and walking on water. Saturday morning we packed up in the rain and hiked out. This is where the trip took a turn for the worse. We literally spent the next 3 miles dragging Braxton out. He cried the ENTIRE time saying he was tired and didn't want to go any more. He would stop for a break every 50 feet and pretty much sit down. It was a very long, long, long, long hike out. And, I am glad to say that we didn't leave him there. Overall, it was such a great trip with our family and can't wait until we do it again (without kids)!! We're not going to invite the mosquitoes next time either. (Let's just say, Chloe has 28 mosquito bites on her face alone!!!)