Home again!

The first 2 pictures are the pipeline for the oil. Some people we met at Kennicott Mine told us that we could walk right up to the pipeline at a certain dirt road right off the main road. We could walk up and touch it! The lat picture is in Dawson and is a house where Jack London lived (Call of the Wild author).

Sharing Brighton with Grandma Tammey

Dan, Jonna, and Brighton arrived in Alaska on July 11th. It has been fun to share adventures with Brighton. These pictures are to share with Jonna's mom as she asked me to on a comment on my blog that I picked up yesterday.

Camping with the Bears

Today is July 9th and we are in Anchorage and met Mike, Kristen, Craighton and Karac for dinner at Chili's. Sat. morning we will pick up Dan, Jonna, and Brighton at the airport. I made a record of sleeping in a tent for 6 nights in a row and the bears were in the area! Grizzly bears! The picture of Carl and I is by Mendenhall Glacier near Juneau.

We made it!

Our Paria Canyon backpacking trip was last week. The first picture is the first day. I stepped in some "quick mud" and couldn't get one foot out and then I realized the other foot was stuck and then when Carl reached out his hand to help me I fell forward. We walked in the river or crossing the river the whole way. Quite an adventure.

Hie to Kolob

On Mon. we drove to Kolob Canyon and backpacked in to camp and then hike to Kolob Arch. It was really amazing! The second picture is "my dafodils" in the front rocks. So exciting to see something grow! On the way home from Kolob Canyon and Kanab on Wed. we stopped at Mike and Kristen's house. Mike made this birthday dessert.

Hole-in-the-Rock nose plugs

On Mon. we drove to Escalante and then camped off to the side of one of the little roads so we could drive the 4 wheel drive road to Hole-in-the-Rock the next day. I was trying to be brave as we slept in the tent in the middle of no where. I woke up in the night and took out my ear plugs. I listened to the sounds all around us and then took the ear plugs and started to put them in my nose. I quess I was pretty "up tight".
We did some pretty neat hiking, had fun, and survived.

Shoshone Falls

This is from our quick trip last week to California and Idaho. Fri., April 17 we drove to California and spent the night at Rick and Alicia's and got to see their new house on Sat. as we drove to Jim's house. The barbeque was delicious that afternoon! On Sun. we attended church with the 2 families. Bishop Loveridge and Kathryn were both asked to speak. On Mon. we drove to Idaho. Tues. we worked in the yard and then drove to the city of Twin Falls and also stopped to see Shoshone Falls. Back to Utah on Wed.