Crosscountry Skiing Part Duex

Back in January Steve and I spent our first night away from Jared and headed up Millcreek Canyon to the yurt. We were suppose to go up again in February we actually had the yurt 3 days, but alas, we never did make it. Things got crazy, so we decided we didn't have time (or the energy) to make it all the way to the yurt and back, so we settled for a nice leisurely ski up the canyon.

It was a beautiful Saturday afternoon. The sun warmed up the trail, so that it wasn't really necessary to have a coat on. The trail was littered with recreators, skiers, hikers, snowshoers, as well as the ever faithful canine companions to the above. About a mile up on the south side of the canyon, a large moose was nestled in between some trees. Everyone was stopping to look and take pictures. It didn't seem at all disturbed by the amount of attention it was receiving, and just sat restfully. He stayed put the whole time we skied.




It was really a nice way to get out and enjoy the beautiful winter weather, and I am glad I dragged my reluctant body out the door!

Timpanogos

On Saturday Steve along with his sister Heidi, her husband Eric and a friend Justin, participated in the 2nd Annual Kettle Family Timpanogos hike. We did this hike for the first time last year and absolutely loved it. You start hiking before dawn so that you can get to the top before the sun becomes too punishing. Thus, the first few pictures are taken in the early dawn light. The commentary on the slide show was lovingly narrated by Steve! We hope you enjoy the pictures as much as he enjoyed being able to take them.

The kids and I spent a very lazy day at home resting up and watching a movie. All that resting up wore us out so much that I didn't even do any cooking this weekend. Shocking I know!


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