Tuesday, September 4, 2018

Going Home: I Love the Mountains

Since Kentucky doesn't really have mountains, I always like to get my fill whenever I go home!
While visiting Brittney, we took a little hike in the mountains above Pleasant View, where Brittney was living at the time ...
 
 
 

The Heelis' had a little reunion at Camp Aerie, a Stake Girl's Camp up the canyon from Kamas/Marion Utah. 
 
Beautiful Pines, Aspens, and wild flowers
View of Heber Valley through the trees
Matt's truck and side-by-side. Matt booked the camp after he discovered it when Morgan went to Girl's Camp there. And the best part was no one really knew about it, so we had the entire camp to ourselves the Monday and Tuesday before the fourth of July!
Everyone arriving ...
Saul's family
Mom and Melanie's family
and Sasha's family
 
Merinda helping Brad put up the tents
Brad's and my tent, and Merinda's tent
Mom's tent
Melanie and Eric putting up their tent
Sasha and Chris putting up their tent
Visiting and catching up ...
Darek and Eric
Cousins' Hyrum, Corbin, Jayden, Tage, and Bode
Saul & Matt's youngest kids...Brock, Tyson, Blakely, and Talmage
Saul's twins Blakely and Boden with Brock
The little kids finding ways to entertain themselves
Matt, Brei, and Brad cooking the meat for pot-luck taco salads
Sasha's kids Ari and Dante
The forest at dusk
Melanie dressing Mason's wound
 Roasting and eating Wolffums (pieces of dough wrapped around a stick, roasted in the fire, and eaten with yummy toppings).
Moon through the forest trees
The "cooks" making French toast (with all the trimmings), bacon, and sausage for breakfast
 Mike Wazowski enjoying his breakfast
Cutie cousins Ari and Aspen (Sasha & Melanie's youngest) catching butterflies

More Mountains...
View of Wasatch Front from Sasha's deck 
"Y" Mountain above Provo Utah
Brad's and my hike to the "Y"
Going up ...
little hikers...
 
and old (not Brad, but the older gentleman in front of him)
Beautiful rainbow...
beginning at south Utah valley
and ending over Utah Lake and the West Mountains

Double rainbow 
Trails to the bottom and middle of the Y
View from bottom of  Y looking up
View from middle of Y looking up
View from top of Y looking down
Side view of Y
Selfies at top of Y

Pointing out landmarks ...
Seven Peaks
Payson Temple distant left
Mt. Timpanogos and Provo Temples
Provo City Center Temple
BYU campus
Going down ...
 

Y-hike parking lot

Girls hike to Curly Springs on Mt. Baldy trail, via Dry Canyon in Pleasant Grove, Utah
Going up ...
Sasha, me, and Cindy
Rachelle, Sasha, and Cindy
 looking at the valley below
A little farther up
Small detour to Battlecreek Canyon and campground ...
Going back up ...
Views of Little Baldy,
Big Baldy,
and Timp
Mt. Mahogany and Battlecreek Canyon
Veiws of Utah Lake and Valley
Going down (Big Baldy) ...
(Little Baldy)
Finally finding Curly Springs ...
Just goes to show it's not the destination but the journey...
Approaching Dry Canyon

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