Adam's Canyon David and I dropped the kids off at Granna's house (one of my favorite features of Utah by the way...love you Wilma!) at 6 pm on a friday evening and headed out to hike one of David's favorite trails. It starts with switchbacks straight up a mountain in sand, and then drops into a canyon and winds it's way up to a beautiful waterfall. This hike is not for the faint of heart. It was so nice to get out with David and do one of the things we enjoyed so much while we were dating and newly-weds.And thanks to daylight savings we were leaving the canyon at 9 pm, just in time to catch this beautiful sunset.
Hogle Zoo We celebrated the beautiful warm weather by buying a membership to the zoo. Emma and Maylee love the brand new polar bear exhibit. And Eli's favorite part is this big water ball at the entrance. If you look closely you can see me and Maylee too!
Twin Lakes One of our favorite places to visit is Silver Lake up by the Brighton ski resort. It has a lovely walkway around it and we always see moose while we're there! Behind this lake are a couple of hikes to lakes further up the mountain. We chose one of these as our first family hike of the season. At first I thought we might have made a mistake because even though the hike was only 2 miles roundtrip the trail was very steep the trail was very steep. But we all made it to the top, even me and my 30 lb Maylee pack, and had a lovely picnic lunch by this beautiful alpine lake.
Jordan River Parkway One gorgeous Sunday evening we went on a family walk on a local river parkway. We were so excited when David spotted a beaver on the opposite bank and we sat there for 20 minutes watching him swim and eat and play. We also saw birds and squirrels.
Donut Falls Our next adventure was a 3 mile hike to a waterfall. The reason it's called Donut falls is because the water cascades through a round hole in the rock. This was a lovely hike with beautiful scenery. David got some very scenic shots, I love this one.
Lake Solitude We went back to Silver Lake to do one of the other hikes in that area. A short hike through a beautiful aspen grove to a small lake called Lake Solitude. At least it was supposed to be a short hike, then we decided to go over the mountain and loop around to the Twin Lakes trail we had done last time. Making it a much longer and more challenging hike. These trails basically follow the ski runs at the Brighton ski resorts, which turned out to be really (really) steep. We all made it to the top and the kids were so proud of making it (I was too frankly,). For sure, our hardest hike to date.
Obviously we are enjoying our summer so far! Lots more fun to come.
