Easter Hike

I need to mention the family hike we took for Easter Sunday before I forget it. It was amazing - easily the best three hours we've spent together as a family in recent memory. To be honest, spending three hours together is highly unusual to begin with. Two hours, tops. And that's usually in front of a movie.

Three hours. 5.3 miles along the Mesa Trail between the NCAR (National Center for Atmospheric Research) trailhead and Eldorado Canyon. No one fought, no one argued. It was bliss. I think it had a lot to do with the absence of anybody needing to control anyone else or tell anyone else what to do. Just walking and talking, some laughing, a picnic in the middle. The kids were amazing. It was the best Easter ever.

We need more of this.