Thursday, July 22, 2010

July- hikes, more hikes, and dinosaurs

We went to the local dinosaur museum the other day. Ella was scared. I had to keep reminding her they were all dead. This dino statue was at the end. Ella had finally come to terms with all the dinosaurs and wanted to give this one a hug!
I carried her almost the whole way through this museum.
We still try to go hiking every Tuesday. Here is one of my favorite. It is called Cecret Lake at the top of Alta ski resort. A beautiful short hike.

This is the scenery as you hike to Cecret lake, and in August the wildflowers are every where!
Darren also celebrated his 33 birthday. You know your getting old when you just want to stay home and have a quite relaxing birthday. We did take him a yummy lunch at work.
This is the bottom of another hike. Lake Blanche. We made it half way. Three miles round trip. It was the hardest hike we have done, lots of altitude gain... going up, up, and up some more.

2 comments:

soybeanlover said...

All that hiking looks like a blast!! We'll have to try a few next time we're at grandma's house.

Jenny Allen said...

Lake Blanche is killer. I'm impressed! When Isaac was a wee babe we carried him to the top without a kid pack thing - just in our arms. I was sore for days...and Eric carried him most of the way. such a wimp huh (me, Im referring to).