Adventuring {July's Wednesday Wilderness Walks}

We kept up the Wednesday morning hiking tradition in July, with a pretty good mix of super easy (just-go-till-you're-ready-to-turn-around type hikes) and a little more challenging (let's-keep-going-so-we-can-see-the-cool-thing-at-the-end).  Every week is a different mix of moms and kids, but so far we've never been solo, so I call it a win!

5 July 2017: "Old Highway Trailhead: Pineview North Trail" (Gregg calls it the "Reservoir Rim" because it doesn't really have a name) (Eden)

Hikers: Callie, Sam, Kim, Theodore, Bennett, Emmeline, Ashley, Gavin, Elon, Lindsay, Moriah, Rachel, Sariah

A hot, dusty hike called for some cool water time afterward.

12 July 2017: Paper Airplane Trail (Powder Mountain)
Hikers: Callie, Sam, Kim, Lily, Christie, Eden, Summit, Everett, Arta, Gideon, Lewis, Brenley

The flowers were spectacular!

Paintbrush!  YAAAAY!

Finding some shade.

Brenley the wonder woman mother of 6!

Back we go - it wasn't as happy of a walk
back to the cars - tired, hungry, grumpy kids
and a bit of an uphill, plus warm mid-day
sunshine made for some tears and tantrums
on the way back (luckily Cal wasn't the only
one feeling the feels).

And what the heck, Sam?  He didn't hike AT
ALL today.  I was pooped!

19 July 2017: South Skyline Trail (Eden)

Hikers: Callie, Sam, Kim, Maya, Kenna, Morgan, Miles, Caralee, Moriah, Rachel, Sariah

Just happy to see these signs at the trailhead.

Now how to get the mountain bikers to read them?

A favorite pastime of the boys on this hike.
And the dust was plentiful!

Still playing in the dirt.

Hard to see how dusty they are, but hopefully
you can see Cal's Groucho Marx stache?
They were dirty kiddos.

26 July 2017: Green Pond Trail (Snowbasin)

CANCELED due to rain. (One of those Hallelujah + Bummer kind of situations - we'll try this one again for sure when it's not so wet and muddy.)

Adventuring {PowMow Wildflower Walk}

July 20th.  It was a hot, sticky Thursday evening.  We had just finished dinner, and rather than sit in our hot, sticky house or on our hot, sticky porch, we took a twenty minute drive to the top of Powder Mountain where it was almost twenty degrees cooler and the flowers were a-poppin'.  We wandered around amidst the fauna, with no timeline or real destination.  Gregg brought the big camera and captured some of the best photos he's ever taken.  I had my iphone, and tried to capture a couple good ones (though compared to the Canon, they look like chopped liver).  And even Callie, with her little blue camera, was able to snap some non-blurry, non-trail/shoe/rock shots.  I love to see what she deems photo-worthy.

From Gregg's point of view:

From Kim's phone:

 

   

 

Through Callie's eyes: