Decisions, Decisions....it looks like the boy has a day off from school on Monday. So the first thing that pops into my noggin is...."let's get a hike in!"
But it's got to be a quickie. JXN (short for Jackson) has little league (fallball) on Sunday and I happen to manage the team, so we can't bug out on that.
My first thought was to do a short hike to LPL. If it isn't frozen yet, we would love to do some fishing. But...we have both been there.
My second thought was to do a hike to LBSL (are there fish in LBSL?). Not sure if the boy is up to that. Now that we have Steve's mondo cool MR videos I think I can find the path.
But then I thought...hmmmm, Jxn showed some interest in signing the register at the top of Whitney. Obviously that isn't going to happen this trip, but what about another peak? So my question is, are there any relatively easy hikes in the LP area that would give jxn the chance to sign a peak register? Anything in the Cottonwood/Horseshoe meadow area?
When I talk about easy, I'm talking about an 11 year old that is only mildly enthusiastic about backpacking, so I don't want to scare him away from it. Something no more than 3 hours up and 1.5 hours down.
If anyone has any ideas, let me know.
(btw: we would drive up Sunday afternoon and camp at HM or at the Portal...or wherever....)
