Amazing

My 86-year-old dad just invited me to return to this location this August. He wants to collect rare flowers! This photo shows him there four years ago, at age 82. He thinks he can do it again! This location is about 1,000 feet elevation gain above Circle Lake, and Circle Lake is about 3 hours drive from Seattle, plus 6 hours of vigorous hiking (about 5 miles hiking on a trail, plus about 2 miles hiking cross country, with about 3,000 feet elevation gain altogether).

I have decided that men over 40 think they can hike farther and higher than they can, and boy scouts can hike farther and higher than they think they can.