Rufus at the Hanging Gardens, A long hot hike! Well worth the effort! He was well prepared with his backpack and water.
The breeze blurred the orchid picture but the colors still show up.
Friday, May 31, 2013
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Easily Amused...
Today we went to Cedar Breaks National Monument, Brian Head and Dixie National Forest. It was cold and there was still some snow on the ground. We hoped to get to the 11,000 foot peak but as you can see by the photo it was not in the cards. 10,400 feet was tops for us today.
Today we went to Cedar Breaks National Monument, Brian Head and Dixie National Forest. It was cold and there was still some snow on the ground. We hoped to get to the 11,000 foot peak but as you can see by the photo it was not in the cards. 10,400 feet was tops for us today.
End of the road for us!
From there we headed to the Dixie National Forest looking for cool stuff. Well, we found some! Huge lava flows, a drive across the cinder cone and a cave to crawl around in! Mammoth Cave , aptly named, is a bat habitat much like Kartchner Caverns. It's in the middle of the forest off of a long dirt and well worth the bumping and thumping we had to endure to get to it. There were many different caverns, no stalactites or stalagmites but great fun to crawl through and a lot of evidence of bats hanging around. No one else was out there...it was an AMAZING find!! Here are more photos than you would probably want to see.....but it's my blog ....so here you go:
It was a great day!
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Who Took All of the Oxygen out of the AIR?
Bryce Canyon: Beautiful, one of my favorites, but no air to breathe. It's been 2 yrs since we've been here and our goal was to do all of the hikes and the "into the canyon" in particular. The last time we were here we were 2 yrs younger and it was a hard hike for us then. We hoped we could just get through it and not collapse. Even our Grandson, Nick, said "I hope you don't die". Well, it was SO much easier for us this time! Maybe it was the Camelbacks or the electrolyte tabs. Maybe the new hiking boots were the reason. Maybe we were just in better shape. Regardless of the reason, we were happy to know we could still do it. From 8100 feet down to the canyon floor and back. Woo-Hoo!
We met some nice young college age kids along the trail and took their picture a few times. When it came time for them to take our picture.....the young gal dropped and broke our new camera. She felt awful and we kept telling her it was "no big deal. Don't let it ruin your vacation".....but she felt so very bad. So did we but kept it to ourselves! So off to the store to spend WAY too much money on a replacement. Last year the computer....this year the camera. Oh well!
Since it was Memorial Day weekend we got out of the campground and off of the trails and headed for a couple of Ghost Towns. If you read our blog from last trip you know we like Ghost Towns almost as much as petroglyphs and ruins. We were the only ones there....well, us and the ghosts I guess.
Off to Cedar Breaks tomorrow as the roads are finally open. We tried to go 2 yrs ago but they were closed because of snow in June. 11,000 feet up....that's tomorrow's adventure. Will there be AIR? I doubt it. But at least we won't be walking.....
Bryce Canyon: Beautiful, one of my favorites, but no air to breathe. It's been 2 yrs since we've been here and our goal was to do all of the hikes and the "into the canyon" in particular. The last time we were here we were 2 yrs younger and it was a hard hike for us then. We hoped we could just get through it and not collapse. Even our Grandson, Nick, said "I hope you don't die". Well, it was SO much easier for us this time! Maybe it was the Camelbacks or the electrolyte tabs. Maybe the new hiking boots were the reason. Maybe we were just in better shape. Regardless of the reason, we were happy to know we could still do it. From 8100 feet down to the canyon floor and back. Woo-Hoo!
We met some nice young college age kids along the trail and took their picture a few times. When it came time for them to take our picture.....the young gal dropped and broke our new camera. She felt awful and we kept telling her it was "no big deal. Don't let it ruin your vacation".....but she felt so very bad. So did we but kept it to ourselves! So off to the store to spend WAY too much money on a replacement. Last year the computer....this year the camera. Oh well!
Harrison Ford...oh no, wait! It's Bill in his new hat!
Last photo taken with our old (5 month old) camera before "Camera-geddon"
Since it was Memorial Day weekend we got out of the campground and off of the trails and headed for a couple of Ghost Towns. If you read our blog from last trip you know we like Ghost Towns almost as much as petroglyphs and ruins. We were the only ones there....well, us and the ghosts I guess.
School house, Whidsoe, Utah
We also tried out our new camera. I had made some frozen "Happy Thanksgiving" cookies (yes, from last Thanksgiving) and tried to make them taste better with whipping cream. Here is a picture of Bill taken with the new camera....
Off to Cedar Breaks tomorrow as the roads are finally open. We tried to go 2 yrs ago but they were closed because of snow in June. 11,000 feet up....that's tomorrow's adventure. Will there be AIR? I doubt it. But at least we won't be walking.....
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