Guess what my parents like to do in their spare time? Play in the mud.
My parents, auntie and uncle participated in the Merrell Down and Dirty Mud Run in Lake Castaic benefiting "Operation Gratitude", a charity which supports our troops overseas.
Here's them still smiling because they still haven't seen the rough terrain and military-style obstacles they have to go through. Heheh..
During the briefing before the race starts. Do you like my daddy's 'fro?
Waiting for Wave #8's turn.
This is the last mud bath they had to crawl through. Nice!
Here's what it looks like while running the trail and where they encountered walls, net climbs, and mud, and more mud with people hosing them down.
Just mud. Their shoes are pretty yucky with muck inside at this point.
Steep uphill climb.
Oh just more mud and water.
Hooah!
Acting goofy at this point because they're really tired and caked in mud.
After wading through really cold chest-deep water in Lake Castaic and going over more obstacles into the finish line, it's time to wash up. All hoses are in use, so many people just went back in the cold lake to get the mud off everything. My daddy is funny sometimes.
They made it! They came home all sore, bruised, and scratched up, but happy as can be. In a couple more years, I can join in on the fun!
Most photos courtesy of auntie's mud and water proof cam.