Spring is Here!

On Saturday it seemed like Spring was finally here! It was sunny and warm out! Which was nice because it’s been a particularly rainy (and snowy!!) winter here in Oregon –just on Friday it was hailing!

We’ve done this hike once before. And just like that first time, we had a hard time finding the trailhead. (Here is the hike info: Gresham Butte-Butler Creek Hike.) This time we somehow found the OTHER trailhead for this hike.

I took a photo of the street sign so we could remember where this trailhead is.

From the entrance we started going up hill pretty quickly. It was slow and steady, nothing too crazy. It definitely got my heart pumping though!

It was probably about 60-65 degrees out and the sun felt so wonderful! Logan was loving it, Bella was happy to be outside. I was feeling pretty good physically, even though the hills were a challenge. Slow and steady.

We got to the top of the massive hill and stopped for lunch. Seriously, the hill was so steep! I wish the photos did it justice.

I packed us low-carb lunches. Michael had a low-carb wrap and I skipped the wrap and just did my meat and cheese wrap with hummus and carrots, olives and strawberries. It was a good and filling lunch (but after the hike I kind of crashed).

Logan got a bottle and then we let him run around a bit. I posted a video on Instagram if you’re interested.

Bella was so happy to be out in the woods! (So were we.)

After lunch we hit the trail again. It was a steep down hill hike.

We saw the creepy old school bus in the woods!

I knew we were both going to feel this hike the next day because of the downhill part! My glutes were really firing as we descended!

Logan fell asleep about 5 minutes before the end of the trail:

Here are my calories and stats for the hike:

The hike was “short” (we could have made it longer) but it was a workout! Look at our elevation and my heart rate:

It was a really nice workout outside in the sunshine for a change! Logan slept the whole way home and Michael successfully transferred him to his crib without waking him up. I gave Bella a bath because she was caked in mud from the hike!

And that’s about when I crashed. I just didn’t have enough carbs (and maybe fat too?) for the hike. This was the first time since starting my diet that I crashed after a workout. I had some peanut M&M’s, a glass of milk and waited to see if that helped. Not quite. So I had some caffeine (diet soda) and 3 ritz crackers with peanut butter on them. I took a short nap and then felt a whole lot better. I’m a bit disappointed in the bonk, but….live and learn.

To wrap up this post I’d like to share a few Easter photos because Logan looks adorable. 🙂

Happy spring!