September 29, 2108 Little Cottonwood Trail

Hikers:  Mark and Lecia
place:  Little Cottonwood Trail

This was a good Saturday Hike for a fall day.

We started at the Temple Quarry parking lot at the mouth of the canyon and followed little cottonwood trail for a few miles.  It's an easy trail and follows the creek.  Even though you are going up the canyon it's gradual and not a difficult hike.  Lots of bikes!

We did this trail years ago and never made it very far.  We   So today Mark and I went as far as we wanted and were rewarded with this view, which we didn't know existed.  This was a good time of year to see it because the water is low and you can cross the creek to get to it.

Apparently, it is the ruins of an old power plant.  
(You can also get here by parking at the lisa falls trailhead, but you would miss a pleasant hike.)

We were also rewarded with the fall beauty of the canyon!  

September 15, 2018 Logan Canyon

Mark and I were in Logan to watch Landon run the Top of Utah Marathon.  He ran an awesome race!  We don't get to Logan very often anymore so we took advantage of it and after the race we went a few places including the Logan temple, the USU creamery and then we drove up Logan Canyon to the 2nd dam parking lot and took a little hike. 

We haven't been here since Seth and Marisa graduated from USU and moved from Logan. 
It was fun to be back there in the beautiful fall weather.  After crossing the river we went left and just headed up the trail for a while.

The trail kept going but we finally turned around, not knowing where we would have ended up.  There is always the idea that we'll come back and do it again, all the way to the end.  But there are a lot of other trails to hike in Logan Canyon next time we are there.  

August 25, 2018 Cascade Springs

We headed up American Fork Canyon and came to this trailhead, just beyond Mutual Dell.  

Well, we didn't do this hike but we will be back to do it another time.  Instead, we continued driving until we reached Cascade Springs.

This isn't really a hike, but it was a lovely nature walk and it was so beautiful in the mountains. We love this place!