Hiking up the mountain

Today the volinteers got into 2 vans and left early to hike up a mountain. The hike is only 2.5 miles but you climb over 1500 feet in that distance. It was difficult for all of us especially our birthday girl who turned 70 years old this past week. She made it and so did the rest of us.
After the first .5 of a mile we stopped for a rest.