The Incline

While my sister was here, she and PC decided to hike up the Incline in Manitou Springs. If you don't know what the Incline is, it's basically a mile straight up Pikes Peak on an old cog railway that they've turned into a hike. It's pretty intense.

This is at the bottom, looking up the mountain.

They made it!

I dropped them off and then took Shortcake to the park in Manitou Springs. They were going to call when they were almost down and then I would pick them up. We used the toilet at the parking lot before walking down to the park, and about halfway to the park, I realized I had left my phone on the toilet paper dispenser in the bathroom! I always take it out of my back pocket so that it doesn't fall on the floor, or even worse, in the toilet. So we turned around and sped back. Luckily, it was right where I left it. Shortcake and I were having lots of fun at the park--climbing, sliding, and singing. She would go across the "bridge" on the playground and down the steps, singing "Let it Go."  Super cute. I stopped to look at my phone to check the time, and it wouldn't come on. Nothing. Dead. I knew the battery still had charge because I had taken a picture of Shortcake playing. I tried everything to get it to turn on and was really starting to stress out. I waited about fifteen minutes or so, really stressing and trying to turn it on every few minutes, when I finally stopped and said a prayer. I needed to be able to communicate with PC and Auntie K. I needed me phone to turn on. A few minutes after the prayer, voila! It turned right on with no problems. I taught the young women on Sunday about prayer and I shared that story. I felt so blessed that even when my phone wouldn't work to be able to communicate to my husband, I always had a line directly to my Heavenly Father. He truly hears and answers our prayers.

 Here is one of the pictures I took of Shortcake playing at the park. This is right before my phone stopped working.

 And I took this picture as we were coming into Manitou Springs. See that line going straight up the mountain? Yep, that's the Incline. Auntie K was like, "No, that can't be it!" But it is, and she made it. She did get a little dizzy. The altitude gain is tremendous.