17 cubs and a beautiful canyon

So how does hiking with 17 cub scouts on a 4 mile hike sound? It actually was a lot of fun. We hiked up Adam's Canyon this afternoon with the scouts and it was beautiful. We made it all the way to the big waterfall and back. The rain started to fall as we finished out last 200 yards of the hike. It was perfect. The boys did a great job and we had a lot of fun. There were a few blisters and some scrapped knees for some, but everyone did make it back.

While hiking up a couple passed us. The young man had an artificial leg. I asked him what happened as they caught up to us on the way down. He lost his leg a year ago in a zip line accident. This was his first real test of his abilities in the outdoors. He said it was harder than the thought it was going to be, but he was doing a great job. It was inspiring. Here he is overcoming a pretty difficult event in his live and he is moving forward and enjoying life to the fullest. I appreciated his courage and the example he set for those 17 cub scouts.