In honor of Labor Day, I hiked the Y! The Y mountain trail is a little over a mile and is the most hiked trail in Utah. It leads to a huge white "Y" which was made over a hundred years ago by BYU students as the insignia for BYU. In my mind, it has become almost a initiation of sorts - it's definitely not easy, so even though many people do it everyday, I still feel like it's a big accomplishment. I was practically dying on the way up, but I had a goal to walk the whole way without resting (it's a very steep climb). . . and I did it!
One thing I love about the hike, is the people you pass and meet. On the way up, we passed my aunty, Hina Hunkin, who was on her way down. She told us she hikes it EVERYDAY at 5 AM. She's in her late seventies(?) and is in the best shape of her life. On the way down, I was feeling pretty proud of myself for what I'd accomplished . . . until we passed a young man on his way up who was blind - blind cane and all! I did a little check on myself right there. Aren't they inspiring?
After our early morning hike, we celebrated the holiday with a potluck picnic with our Latu and Alisa families at the park. Everyone brought something to share (thank you!) and we all had SO much fun! I love my family!
Hope everyone had an awesome Labor Day!
6 comments:
Congratulations, Mary!
Is it harder than Climbing The Bear?
so you spent labor day laboring to the y? nice! hahaha miss you guys!
so proud of u mary!! doesnt it feel good to be active?? next on ur list should be a 5K! (or a 10K!) :)
great job! YOU are inspiring!
I hiked that on my mission. Good on you for doing it WITHOUT RESTING!
lol nothing like a blind man to make you feel like you actually did nothing spectacular lol but we did, mar, we rocked that mountain lol
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