Two Days, Two Hikes

The weather finally was warm enough (It was in the 50s) to go outside and explore parts of Utah this week.

And luckily Wes is about to start his final rotation for optometry school so he has been home all week.

So Tuesday we decided to try a trail near the Bountiful Temple called, Holbrook Canyon Trail. When I say near, I mean very near.


This picture is me standing with Sadie at the trail head.

Of course there's still snow on the ground here.

Nothing new.

We've had snow on the ground continously since the second week we arrived in Utah.




We were all so happy to be outside.




We really thought the iced over river was very pretty.





It was just so nice to finally get outside!


After such a great time we couldn't resist hiking again the next day.

This time we decide to attempt Ensign Peak. It was incredibly windy yesterday.

It even got the locals talking about the high winds.

But it was warm and we didn't want to be stuck inside. So out we went.

Not only was it windy but very sunny, so after four attempts trying to get all the kids looking at once, we gave up.



So you know how I said it was super windy? Well we made it all the way to the top, (Wes and Novalee first) at which point Wes' hat flew off his head and over the side while he was grabbing a hold of Novalee because the wind was pushing her towards the edge (don't worry she was pretty far from the edge but definitely getting blown about).

When I reached the top with Sadie the wind was blowing so hard that pebbles were pelleting us.

So while we made it to the top, we never even touched the monument because after seconds being up there we determined it was too dangerous to stay.

So no picture at the top. :(

But here is one, going back down after the winds calmed a little.



Here Wesley is rescuing his hat.


Safely home we enjoyed our afternoon.

Then that night it did what it does so well here in Bountiful.



In case you can't tell, that is snow. But it was dark so this was the best I could do.

I'm glad we went out when we had the chance.