Breaking in the New Backpack

We Bought a "new to us" backpack from this awesome giant consignment sale (JFBsale) my friend Kristin told me about. It was really the one thing we wanted and we scored! 

So we decided to head back to South Valley Park and break it in. Only thing is it was super windy, I mean SUPER windy. Poor River didn't last very long. So we took refuge up against some rock and let River and Charlie play in the sand. 

Good news is the Backpack worked great, Bad news Spring is still eluding us. I swear anytime we try to go do something outside the weather is awful. Come on Colorado, we don't just need blue skies, we need that wind to "make like a tree and get outta here". We're ready to go play.

dad getting some video on his go pro

Here we go! First time in our backpack.

River wasn't too sure about the backpack until he got up on dad's back and could look around.

River preferred playing in the sand to hiking n the wind. (I don't blame him.)

Buds.  Charlie went over and sat next to River like this. He's very protective now and barks an all dogs that we come across. Annoying, but sweet that he loves River that much.

BEST BUDS. River loves his daddy or rather "dadum" . He doesn't say mom at all. It's always "dadum? dadum?" He can't even wait fro Sky to go to the bathroom. He's always banging on the door, "dadum!?!"

River loves Charlie, even when Charlie tries to sit on him to be a part of the pack.

The next sequence cracks me up. River's telling me something he finds hilarious.

Love my little goofball family :)

So now we have a backpack for the Boy, who wants to go hiking with us?!?!

Huh? Huh? :)