High Uintas Wilderness

This past week I spent in the Grandaddy and Four Lakes Basins of the Uintas. Todd is working as the wilderness ranger in those basins for the summer. So Brian, River, Mikey (Ashli's little brother) and I went in to keep him company. We had a great trip and caught alot of Big Brookies and Artic Grayling. 

Daynes Lake in the Four Lakes Basin with Cyclone pass in the background. We spent the entire day here fishing and sleeping.

Brinton Meadows

This is one of the Brookies we caught out of Rainbow Lake.

Rainbow Lake with Mt. Agassiz in the Back.

Todd and I at Daynes Lake.

Red Pine Lake up Little Cottonwood Canyon

Mikey, Aubrey, Ash, Me and Ty

New Pad

After a few weeks of packing, hauling, and carrying boxes and furniture between our places, we are officially moved in! It has been a lot of work with between moving and painting but definitely worth it now that we are in and settled. We actually bought groceries for the first time in a month because we were living in limbo between Orem and Springville.

Last night, we finished the bedroom painting project. It was a little sketchy at first, since the paint was looking more fuschia than red. In the end, it turned out to be the color we were hoping for (after about 20 coats of paint). 

Wedding Bells

Finally, the waiting is over and my mom and Paul got hitched on Thursday, June 26th. After being engaged for over seven months, we were all ready for Paul to officially become part of the family.  We love them both and we are glad they found each other. Right now they are enjoying the beautiful sights of Italy and we can't wait for them to come home next week. Congrats Mom and Paul! We love you!

The San Rafael River

Yesterday we met "Wild Bri" and the Nielson's for a nice relaxing trip down the San Rafael River. The river flows through an area known as the Little Grand Canyon which deep canyon walls provide beautiful scenery for the float. It was a great day to be on the river.

The Old Man in his fish cat.

Go With the Flow

"Ah the river... who knows where she'll take you. When you are adrift at last, give thanks to the fates. No matter what you've forgotten, everything you need is here. All you can do is go with the flow." 

--Ann Walka

We all know that Ty and I have a hard time "going with the flow" (Ty especially..:) but one thing that I've learned to love about floating down the river is you really have to let go of everything and literally go with the flow of the river. We had a very nice and relaxing trip with the Murdock clan and it was hard to get back to work on Monday. It's crazy how fast the relaxation from the river trip can disappear once we get back to our stress-filled lives! 

Horsetail Falls

On Saturday Ty and I went up to Lone Peak Wilderness area and hiked into Horsetail Falls. It was one of the prettiest falls I have seen, especially right now with so much water coming off the mountains. It was a beautiful day to be out hiking.