Fountain of Youth 2012

This year marks my 5th year in a row (3rd for Skyler) for a tradition our family calls the Fountain of Youth.

As always, the trip starts with a ride on the Echo Boat Taxi.

A short walk from the boat dock, Sky checks out the frontcountry and Mt Ralston.

He swears by those haraches on his feet

At Lake Aloha we get the classic view of the Crystal Range.

Normally we camp near the s/sw shore of Aloha but we always talk about camping up on the range at the pond proper. Since it was just Sky and I and there was no one to vote against it we went for it.

Super proud of my boy for making the climb WITH full gear and overnight pack. You rule Skyler!

The Fountain

Camp

Night

Dawn

Morning light

Skyler dialing in some beats and getting in the zone for the day.

First he does his chore and pumps our water.

Time to shred, Skyler

My turn

After a couple warm-ups Skyler goes for the first ever fs/360 nose butter and nails it.

Dad ups the ante with a long distance skim

With an s-turn

and 180 out

Sky hits the camp skim

And then gets the distance skim no problem

Dad

Great times with my favorite partner. I love you Sky and you make me proud on many levels.

Time to ride down and head home, Skyler.

Skyler stoked at the bottom. Knowing these mountains and the memories we’ve made in them will be with him forever makes me happy.

We imagined breaking a piece of this ice chunk off and floating back to the east shore.

Looking back

We made it back to the dock with 30 minutes to spare before the last taxi.

A welcome sight and ending to another great trip.

Special Thanks to aksltxlt and dishwasher dave too! :thatrocks: