Here's a brief run-down of this week. I had lunch with our new VP/Gen Mgr on Monday. Gayle and I attended a great High Priests Group party in the park on Wednesday evening, complete with singing by the Kingsmen Quartet. Thursday was my monthly USU Credit Union board meeting lunch. Friday night Craig and I performed at the Tabernacle for the season finale where 18 acts did one (or two) numbers each. It was a packed house and we did well. But I have to say that there is a lot of great talent in Cache Valley! Saturday, Gayle and I decided to enjoy nature and exercise together so we hiked the "Crimson Trail" as an anniversary activity (31 years together). The following shots came from our little jaunt --
Here's Gayle pre-hike, posing on the bridge that leads into Spring Hollow, above third dam in Logan Canyon (just minutes from our house). That line of cliffs on the mountain above her is what Crimson Trail follows (on top of the cliffs).
On the way up to the trail-head we stopped to look at wild flowers.
And even with no sign of snow left on the mountains, and hot, dry weather, the mountain streams are still flowing strongly.
Gayle looked so good I had to include two poses at the same stream!
The trail follows the contour of the cliff-line. Here we're looking across to the other side of a bend in the cliff-line. If you click on the photo you can see two college students (dark t-shirt and white t-shirt) on the trail above the cliff. We met them over on that side shortly after this shot. In fact, just down from where they are leads a short trail to the edge of the cliff where there is a large bush. The next shot shows me at that bush, standing near the edge.
This shot was taken into the late afternoon sun, going down in the west. Here I am at the bush. The view is looking down Logan Canyon from above "Third Dam" and the Spring Hollow campground. Our car is parked way down below, across the highway from the bridge. Beautiful Cache Valley is at the bottom of Logan Canyon. Note that if you click on the photo (sometimes you have to click on photos a couple of times before they enlarge) and look at the "Y" in the road across from the bridge, that's our white car parked on the right arm of the Y.
I never knew I had married a "tree-hugger." We saw several of these destroyed trees. We suspect at least some were in this state due to lightning strikes. Actually, Gayle did indeed like to hug the trees since in several places the trail passed quite close to the cliff edge and she experienced some acrophobia. In fact in this shot the edge is only a few feet away from this tree.
This look westward gives a sense of the vistas. Again, the trail never got far from the edge of the cliff-line and we had just moments earlier been at the point on the cliff in this shot. The trail is visible in the shot's foreground.
At the end we walked from the Guinavah campground back down to Spring Hollow, following Logan River and watching the fly fishermen and campers. Here Gayle poses on a bridge over a stream as we enter Spring Hollow. We had left the car at 4:00 p.m. and got back to it at nearly 8:00 p.m., close to 4 hours up and down a steep mountain trail!
Once home, Gayle just had to get a shot of the lilies on our front yard berm.
Here's Gayle pre-hike, posing on the bridge that leads into Spring Hollow, above third dam in Logan Canyon (just minutes from our house). That line of cliffs on the mountain above her is what Crimson Trail follows (on top of the cliffs).
On the way up to the trail-head we stopped to look at wild flowers.
And even with no sign of snow left on the mountains, and hot, dry weather, the mountain streams are still flowing strongly.
Gayle looked so good I had to include two poses at the same stream!
The trail follows the contour of the cliff-line. Here we're looking across to the other side of a bend in the cliff-line. If you click on the photo you can see two college students (dark t-shirt and white t-shirt) on the trail above the cliff. We met them over on that side shortly after this shot. In fact, just down from where they are leads a short trail to the edge of the cliff where there is a large bush. The next shot shows me at that bush, standing near the edge.
This shot was taken into the late afternoon sun, going down in the west. Here I am at the bush. The view is looking down Logan Canyon from above "Third Dam" and the Spring Hollow campground. Our car is parked way down below, across the highway from the bridge. Beautiful Cache Valley is at the bottom of Logan Canyon. Note that if you click on the photo (sometimes you have to click on photos a couple of times before they enlarge) and look at the "Y" in the road across from the bridge, that's our white car parked on the right arm of the Y.
I never knew I had married a "tree-hugger." We saw several of these destroyed trees. We suspect at least some were in this state due to lightning strikes. Actually, Gayle did indeed like to hug the trees since in several places the trail passed quite close to the cliff edge and she experienced some acrophobia. In fact in this shot the edge is only a few feet away from this tree.
This look westward gives a sense of the vistas. Again, the trail never got far from the edge of the cliff-line and we had just moments earlier been at the point on the cliff in this shot. The trail is visible in the shot's foreground.
At the end we walked from the Guinavah campground back down to Spring Hollow, following Logan River and watching the fly fishermen and campers. Here Gayle poses on a bridge over a stream as we enter Spring Hollow. We had left the car at 4:00 p.m. and got back to it at nearly 8:00 p.m., close to 4 hours up and down a steep mountain trail!
Once home, Gayle just had to get a shot of the lilies on our front yard berm.
2 comments:
Aagh ;) (Joking!) Congrats Mom & Dad & Happy Anniversary!!!
Thanks!
Love,
Dad
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