Labor Day Fun at Schafer Butte

Josh and I wanted to do something fun on Labor Day, we decided to take a drive up to one of our favorite places, beautiful McCall, Idaho, however, our friends convinced us that McCall was going to be way too cold and to go with them up to Schafer Butte for a picnic and a hike. Upon arriving the thermometer on our dashboard announced it was 47 degrees and it may or may not has snowed a little while we were there. Good thing we packed jackets... wished we would have packed parkas.

We quickly ate our delicious picnic and headed off for our hike.
Ava was such a trooper and didn't seem to mind the windy cold, she loved her oreo/booger dessert.
Ava loved riding on dad's back. She was so happy as long as we were moving and mom wasn't wiping her nose, which happened all too often.
Family photo- aren't we cute. Ava had been crying so that look on my face was the remnants of me trying to get her to smile. Perfect timing on the picture Joe.
The hike was beautiful and the weather warmed up a little and it was the perfect hiking temperature. We all looked a little battered by the end but it was fun to spend some time in the great outdoors.

Not exciting enough of a trip...

Well...

As we were loading up to leave, an older man approached us asking if we had seen his 63 year old wife. She had left him on the side of the road to hike back up to the car because their hike ended up being longer than they thought and he had just had knee surgery. He got a ride up and along the way they never passed her and she wasn't at the car when they got there. She finally showed up nearly two hours later, and only after a call to the search and rescue. She had decided to take trails to make the walk shorter rather than the road and had a hard time finding her way back. The poor old man was a wreck as he waited helplessly and it was so sweet to watch him embrace her as she came off the trail.

What would a McDaniel family adventure be without a little bit of...adventure. That's just the way we roll.