Success, full success!

I'm happy to report that we had our first successful hike of the season on Sunday. We were beginning to feel like we needed to take a class called "Forest Navigation 101", but our egos have been spared-- we made it to the top of Munra Point in the Columbia River Gorge on Sunday.

Below are a couple photos of the day: hiking the Gorge trail in a canopy of green to the Munra trailhead, me on the trail to the top, the view from Munra Point with Mt. Adams on the horizon and Bonneville dam at the bottom. I learned two important things on Sunday:
1) When the guide book says the trail is 2.0 miles roundtrip with 2,110 feet of elevation gain, realize exactly what that means.
2) When hiking with water and a book in your pack up a huge mountain, make your husband carry the pack.