Another Hike to William's Lake

This past week, we have greatly enjoyed hosting a mission trip team from First Baptist of Forney, Texas, who came to help run evangelistic sports camps in our community.  The Upward basketball and football camps were a great success and allowed us to establish contacts with many people here in Taos!  We are truly grateful for these new friends, their labor of love, and investment in our ministry.

Yesterday, we all went on a hike to the beautiful William's Lake up in the mountains.  It was only my second time to go since moving here to Taos and once again, I enjoyed the scenery so much!  I am thankful I was feeling good enough to attempt the climb.  Though there was some pain, it was very bearable and eventually went away as the day wore on.

Enjoy the pictures!

We made it!

After enjoying snacks by the lake for awhile, we set out to try to find a waterfall we had heard was in the area.

There's a little waterfall, but it's not one we are looking for!

That's better!

Nathan climbed to the top of this slope and found a bigger, beautiful waterfall higher up but before we could all go see it, the heavens opened and it started to rain!

At least Brittany came prepared! :)

So much for only a 20% chance of precipitation!

Getting caught in a lightning storm in the mountains can be dangerous, so when it started to rain, we knew we had to hurry to get back down to the car...which would usually be an hour and a half hike!  There's nothing like steady rain, thunder, hail, and a bolt of lighting, though, to make a person hightail it down the trail!  Gravity helps too. :)  We made it back in record timing, soaked to the bone, and lived to tell the adventure!