Monte Cristo

On Saturday, after Cooper's soccer game, we decided to go on a ride that was closer to home.  We drove up past Pine View, Huntsville, and Monte Cristo.  When we got to the top, we parked our truck and took off on the trail.  We had never been up there, so we weren't quite sure where to go.  Come to find out, almost all the property up their is privately owned and so you have to stay on the main road that takes you up to Hardware Ranch.

Bryce and I decided that it was a pretty boring ride.  It was not pretty by any means and we were on a gravel road, not a trail.  Basically, we were driving through the desert.  The hillsides did not have trees.  The only thing that looked nice, was the river, but we didnt' have access to it.

When we got up to Hardware Ranch, we took the boys up the trail about four miles where we stopped to eat lunch and shoot Cooper's BB gun.  That was actually  so much fun.  Cooper had a hard time holding his gun steady, so we put him on the wheeler to help rest the gun on handbars.  He did a great job shooting the bottle we put in the trees.  I think Bryce and I had just as much fun as Cooper.  Clatyon enjoyed eating the food and putting Bryce's gloves on his little hands!

 After spending about an hour there, we headed back to our truck.  We wanted to try out the BBQ place in Huntsville on our way home.  It was a nice little restaurant tucked back in the trees.  In fact, they had a little concert going in the back yard.  Erice Dodge was performing.  He is an upcoming country artist. He has some really great songs. Cooper enjoyed sitting on the front row listening to him sing.  The place was decorated very nicely and we all had a great time listening to music.