July 4, 2017 Mt. Timpanogos

 Mt. Timpanogos

  Hikers: Mark, Sterling, Landon, Ethan.

   July 4th and there was a lot of snow on the mountain!  It is a long, strenuous hike but this year they didn't even make it to the top because of the snow!  Landon and Ethan went to to the saddle and Mark and Sterling went up almost to the saddle.  It was an adventure!  There was hiking and sliding.  Mark has done this hike with the kids I don't know how many times but this was a different experience.

July 3, 2017 Twin Lakes and Lake Mary

Twin Lakes and Lake Mary
   Hikers:  Mark, Lecia, Marisa, Rees, Sterling, Landon.
   Runners:  Jacob.
   This is the same hike we did last year on the 4th of July.  Jacob did not want to hike but he wanted to do a trail run so we started out at the same time, he did a longer run and met us at the van afterward.  I really like this hike.  We had a quick breakfast of bagels and yogurt at Twin Lakes.  There was more snow and water than last year.  
   

June 23, 2017 The Living Room

The Living Room

   Hikers: Mark, Lecia, Landon

   Here it is, almost the end of June, and we took our first hike.  Landon hadn't been on this hike before.  

   We left late and ended up hiking back in the dark, but that worked really well. It was a good way to do this hike. We passed everyone coming down while we were on our way up. We got there just after sunset and had a great view from the top and it was practically empty!    A headlamp is essential for hiking down in the dark.

   It was steep like I remembered, but not a long hike and very doable.  

Tuesday, June 21, 2016; Twin Lakes

What an unusual Tuesday morning.  An unusual turn of events left me and Mark home, but no one else, on a weekday morning!  So we went up Big Cottonwood Canyon and hiked from Silver Lake up to Twin Lakes and then past Lake Mary and back to where we started!  We had no camera, not even a phone, to take a picture.  It was a great hike and we'll be back so we'll get a picture then.  

Kannaraville Falls; Friday, June 17, 2016

The hikers.  I was the one taking the picture.

We have done this hike before.  It was nearly 2 years ago, when Marisa got home from Argentina.  It's an awesome hike and we hope it will make up for last weeks misery so Devynne will hike with us again!  

Looking straight up!

First Falls. 

This was such a fun hike!  About 4 miles and 700 feet elevation gain.  Then we stopped in Cedar City for ice cream before heading home.  

Wellsville Mountains, June 11, 2016

We started our hike on a beautiful summer day in the Wellsville Mountains.

We started at the Rattlesnake trailhead between Sherwood Hills and Wellsville. 

 The end of the trail was in Mendon.

 The hikers, plus me, I am on the other side of the camera.

There were a lot of ferns and beautiful wildflowers.  The trail got very steep after this.  

About 3.5 miles into the hike and before the top Jacob and I turned around.  The weather turned also and before we reached the van we were hiking in the rain.  The rest of the hikers ended up in a terrific storm, but thankfully there was no lightening.  We met them at the end of the trail in Mendon.  There is no picture of the cold and wet hikers that made it all 12 miles.  

 Jacob found a place to hammock even though it was too wet to hang it in the trees.  You can see the rain out the windows.  It was like that the entire time.  We couldn't see the top of the mountain.  I don't think we could even see the mountain.