Pittsburg Lake

Friday night Aubrey, Kaleo and I headed up American Fork Canyon. The road was terrible, but Kaleo's 4Runner handled it with no problem. We found a campsite and got set up and started dinner. We just hung out around the campfire talking all night. We waited for the moon to come up, but finally gave up and went to bed.

In the morning we ate breakfast and took down camp and then headed up the trail to Pittsburg lake. The sign said it was 1.5 miles to the lake, but it fails to mention that the trail is steep! 1500 feet elevation gain in 1.5 miles is not very fun to climb.

Before

After

 We finally made it to the lake, ate some lunch, rested and headed back down. Aubrey and I had some good discussions on the trail and it was beautiful, but our poor lakes were shaking so bad on the way down.

White Pine Trail

I had a busy weekend! It started Friday night with the Ute Stampede Rodeo down in Nephi. I always enjoy and good rodeo, even if it elevates my anxiety to a 10 every time.

This baby and his little ear muffs just killed me. He was so adorable. He was very content to just sit there with those muffs on his head all night long.

Saturday morning I got up early-ish to head up to Sandy to go hiking with my friend Nick. I was out of town for his birthday so we went hiking on Saturday. The hike was beautiful, but I was very tired. The elevation gain only added to my fatigue, but we made it! My hips are telling me all about it yesterday and today, but it was a great hike.

After the hike, I drove home, took a quick shower and then a short nap. I had to be back up and ready to go fishing that night up Payson canyon. I didn't actually do any fishing. I just sat by the lake and enjoyed the quiet and scenery. We didn't catch anything anyway, but it was a very relaxing way to finish the day.

Glacier National Park

I don't have enough time or the words to describe this trip. The west side of Montana is one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen. Even the drive there was a delight. The lakes and mountains, rivers and trees were just mind blowing.

We entered in the West entrance and went in search of a campground. We lucked out and found a spot in Avalanche campground. We walked around with no specific hike in mind. Lake McDonald was lovely. The rocks were just amazing. I was very tempted to start a rock collection.

Tuesday morning we hiked up to Avalanche Lake, then we were back to camp and packing up to head across the park. The drive was mind blowing. The mountains are just so awe inspiring. I honestly just don't have words. Even the dead trees burned in last years fire had a beauty of their own.

We bought some wood so we could cook our hotdogs, but the wood was too big to get the fire started. After a few failed attempts, I went to the neighboring campers and asked if we could borrow a hatchet. We then spent the next 30 minutes chopping wood. I broke that rock into multiple pieces beating the wood against it. But we got our fire started and our hotdogs roasted.

This picture from going to the sun road doesn't even do the view justice. Not even close. The view was ridiculous.

Victoria Falls

Our big hike to Cracker Lake. 12 miles with lots of singing to make sure we didn't surprise a bear and end up as bear dinner.

Red Rock Lake on our last day. Coming out of this hike we got poured on. Luckily we did not get hypothermia or get struck by lightening.

We had another big hike planned for Thursday, but after Cracker Lake, our feet just couldn't take anymore. We hiked almost 50 miles in 4 days. It was beautiful and I was just blown away at the wonders of the world. God is so good. He has given us so much beauty and majesty in this sometimes very ugly world. It was nice to not have any reception while in the park and just be disconnected (that didn't stop me from posting to instagram when I did have reception).

Two Medicine Lake