Growing up the fam always spent time in the great outdoors during the 4th and I too want to make that a tradition with my little family. The canyons always are packed during the 4th every year so we decided to hit it a few days early to get our outdoors fix. I felt like we were the only ones up the canyon, it was so nice to have everything to ourselves....so a word to the wise if you want a trail to hike on that you are not competing with a zillion other people, head up a few days early.
As far as my outfit goes, when it comes to summer clothes I am a frugal Nancy. Why spend money on play clothes that will get sweaty wrestling babies in the summer heat, that will wear out fast, and washed one too many times. My shirt a $4.00 find at Walmart, shorts are old cut off Joes Jeans, and shoes were a $12 steal from Ross. You might be looking at the outfit thinking "she is a hot mess", but hey if you want to save an extra buck try it out and pull out some of your old clothes to makeover.
