About 4 hours from Lehi is Westwater Canyon. It’s a portion of the Colorado river near Moab with several white water rapids. Each year we take a trip with friends that own rafts and are very familiar with the route. This trip takes all day.We drive down in the morning. Leave one car at the …
Category: Nature and Outdoors
Nature and outdoor life and photography.. Staying fit in nature
Flaming Gorge Utah Red Canyon Lodge
An easy way to begin a journey toward mindful living, is to get outdoors! We’ve been great about getting outdoors for years, but when I let life happen to me, I don’t always use the time outdoors for a much needed mental reboot! Instead, with spotty cell service, I find myself refreshing web pages I …
Tibblefork Reservoir
In the middle of the work day, we were able to get away for 3 hours to the mountains! American Fork Canyon is just a few miles away. Tibblefork reservoir is just a few miles up the canyon, and is literally heaven on Earth! The kids brought friends. Erica, since she can officially drive other …
Mesquite Soccer and Valley of Fire
We were able to spend the last few days in Mesquite Nevada to join TJ and his Arsenal soccer team in a tournament. I was SO GRATEFUL to be in nice weather. The first day we arrived, there was a game right away. Our team lost 1-0. The next day, the game wasn’t until 5pm, …
Escalante-Kodochrome-Bryce
The tough part of a weekend getaway like this is sorting through all the amazing pictures! 2 weeks ago, we decided to take one last hiking trip before winter, and go to the Escalante/Bryce Canyon area. I decided Bryce was my top spot as the most beautiful landscape in Utah! Really, I wish I could …
Alpine Sliding Rock with Kids
We tried to go to Alpine Sliding Rock last weekend, when we were stopped at the gate to the trail by a cop. He told us we couldn’t slide on the rock that day because they were filming a movie! He also said there was someone “very famous” up at the waterfall, and hopefully they …
Arches and Halloween
We spent Thursday in Arche’s National Park! We had a fabulous tour of The Fiery Furnace, guided by a park ranger. We also did our own hike up to Delicate Arch. This year for Halloween we had an inmate, a baby, and a Star Wars Clone.
Lake Tahoe
We just got back from 4 days at Lake Tahoe! What a gorgeous city! We stayed at Kings Beach on the North side of the lake. We had a cabin with 4 bedrooms, several decks, a loft, on a golf course (perfect for night games), and walking distance from the beach. Day 1: BEACH Day …