Things just feel not right right now. Our country is messed up, I just accepted a new job and will no longer be able to call myself a librarian, no celebrating the 4th with my parents, and just other stuff.
Friday, July 4, 2025
Wednesday, July 2, 2025
July 2, 2025
Morning hike to Red Pine Lake for some mountain air. On Darren’s hike yesterday he saw a moose so he must have sent one to me for my hike as we saw one from the parking lot.
Saturday, June 28, 2025
June 28, 2025
Friday, June 27, 2025
June 27, 2025
This morning we decided to hike to Odessa Lake. We questioned our hike decision for 4 miles as we hiked up (and up) through burned trees. Thankful for wildflowers to get me up past Fern.
Thursday, June 26, 2025
June 26, 2025
What a hike to Skypond! Loved it! Early morning as we started hiking at 5am. The water here in the park is raging. So much volume coming down. Amazing! Add the early morning light and the waterfalls and lakes were gorgeous. Sigh.
First lake was The Loch and it was beautiful. Then came the snow crossings which were sketch unless you had spikes and then they were no problem. Then came a stressful part for me which was climbing up the side of some cascades. It was a little tricky and a bit cold.
Lake of Glass was next and then we made our way over to Skypond. We had the beautiful alpine mountain lake to ourselves minus the two rock climbers up high. I love these high alpine lakes with the tarns and flowers and granite rock with snow. Sigh. We would have stayed longer but people started coming, it was cold, and I was worried about the cascade down climb (I wish I wasn’t but it is what it is.) The down climb was not too bad (more wet) and we found a fabulous lunch spot (even though it was 9:30am) back at The Loch on a rock. Eating on a big rock by a beautiful lake is awesome. We took a side trip to Mills Lake where we relaxed, saw John’s Overlook view from a different spot, and soaked feet for a minute.
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
June 25, 2025
Saturday, June 21, 2025
June 21, 2025
Watching Emperor’s New Groove last night made me laugh - at the movie and at Mason laughing at the movie. Also - I’ve been rocking the bean game. Bohnanza has been the go to game with Mason and Rachael lately. Oh, and Darren climbed Timp today just for fun.
Wednesday, June 18, 2025
June 18, 2025
Tuesday, June 17, 2025
Monday, June 16, 2025
June 16, 2025
Sunday, June 15, 2025
June 15, 2025
Saturday, June 14, 2025
June 14, 2025
Two kids went camping last night. Mason in our backyard with friends and Sadie up the canyon with friends. How fun is that.
Friday, June 13, 2025
June 13, 2025
A Kenz hike day. Wahoo! We went to Dog Lake up BCC. As always it was great chatting and driving and chatting and hiking with her. Lots of green and a nice lake for us to stop and sit for a minute. (I loved the clump of flowers in the middle of the stream.) Then it was home to grab Cam for lunch (or breakfast) at The Original Pancake House. I saw Frank and Beryl Cook there from my old Snow College softball days. We had quite a few BBQs at their house in Moroni over the years.
Wednesday, June 11, 2025
June 11, 2025
After work hike was a good hike. I went past the "Timp shelf". The green, the sound of water and birds at the same time (I just love that), and then I went far enough that I found these this field of clematis flowers. I rested here and just took it all in. Those flowers make things so pretty. And mixed among them were some forget-me-nots. Behind the flowers were some snow shelves. It was just a really cool nature spot that I had all to myself. Stopped off at Scout Falls on the way down and had that place to myself as well. Feeling waterfall spray is almost little magical.
Saturday, June 7, 2025
June 7, 2025
Successful and tiring girls camp. Testimonies, laughing, playing, thowing axes, archery, some challenge course, fantastic SOS dances, and even a little hiking. We went to Stewart Falls and had a short sunrise hike from our campsite. There was a beautiful field of yellow flowers at the top and somehow we had to wait an hour for the sunrise. I got to play California Speed with Ruth and Kamryn. So much fun! This old lady still has CS skills. We had wake up calls both mornings. Friday was an 6:15am birds wake up that Trish called our “Tracy Aviary wake up call”. :) Saturday was an 4:30am Marathon music and announcing wake up. Overall it was a fabulous with camp stuff and spiritual stuff. I very much enjoyed Girls Camp 2025.
Camp leaders middle - Trish Garrett, Marie Stosich, Claire Adams, Bethany O'Porto, and me.
Wednesday, June 4, 2025
June 4, 2025
Tagged along with Kenz and friends on an early morning hike. It was so pretty! I had to work hard to keep up going to Pine Hollow Peak, but it was fabulous. The light, the green, the cool mountain air - sigh. What a great way to start the day. (And by start I mean I left the house at 5:45.)
Monday, June 2, 2025
June 2, 2025
It’s June! My favorite month of the year! AF Canyon is so beautiful green right now and I am here for it! The drive to the summit was gorgeous and then a hike to Primrose Overlook with strangers was great. Loved the clematis flowers we found.
Saturday, May 31, 2025
May 31, 2025
Had such a fun time at Froyo. Darren, me, Kenz, Cam. Hanging out with everyone is fantastic and hanging out with a few is fantastic.
Here's a few photos from my May friends hiking.
Friday, May 30, 2025
Wednesday, May 28, 2025
May 28, 2025
3 moose day! The most lovely, kind of chill but still some uphill and 5 miles hike among the green with a side trail to somewhere I had never been before in AF Canyon, and we passed 3 moose. 3 moose! They were in the same spot on the way back so we saw them twice. Yipee yahoo hooray!