And I don't mean $5 footlong

We picked a random weekday and got permits to hike the SUBWAY on Wednesday, hoping that the back-to-school-ness of the season and the weekday-ness of the choice would help our chances for getting permits. We've been meaning to get back to this hike since we first did it four years ago.

We loaded up a car with Glen and his granddaughter Alexandra, Bryson's friend Brent from work, and Avery. Ella didn't make the cut--too big to carry. Avery now fits that category as well. Our revised parenting policy will include one free ride on the subway tracks, but after that our kids are going to have to earn it.

Can you tell it was the most beautiful day to tackle this? Because it was gorgeous: high temps, lots of sun, lots of water flowing through the canyon.

We hiked it from the bottom up to the subway and back, and it took us the full day.

Goin' down the tracks, clickety clack. All aboard!

And at long last, the Subway tunnel...


Hopefully it won't be four more years till we hike this again!