Colorado

Another great trip to Colorado!!!

We spent 5 days with Ross's parents and sister with her family in Silverthorne CO. We hiked, Ross biked, I shopped, we hung out in the hottub and visited with family. I got to see Vail and Breckenridge (places I've wanted to see).

We did manage to climb one 14er - although I had hoped to climb 3 that day . It took us a bit longer than anticipated (I'm not a fan of the altitude) and the weather started turning, so we hiked one and called it a day.

Taking a rest on the way up

We made it!

If you look close, you can see the trail we took to the top!

Boy I'm tired... I think I'll hang out and watch some TV!!!

Hiking in the Uintas

Sunday we decided to head to the Uintas to escape the heat and go for a hike. We hiked to a small lake and did a little fishing, we both had some good luck and although the weather was threating some thunderstorms it turned out to be a great day.

The tree comes down!

Ok, so it was a while ago... We finally decided to cut down the half dead pine tree in the front yard. Wow - what a project! I got to meet alot of the neighbors who came out to see what all the racket was. I even found out that the reason the tree had no top and was half dead was it had been hit by lightning 5 years earlier...

It took 2 guys almost 4 hours to cut the tree down - but they cleaned up everything and even chopped the wood and stacked it under our deck for us to use as firewood!!!

After much research and prep work - we decided to plant a new Maple tree, and some drought tolerant plants. Of course, it has been over 100 degrees lately (see post below) - so the plants don't look too happy. We're hoping with alot of watering and a little love they'll continue to grow and will look beautiful next year!

104 Yesterday!

The following is the weather for the Salt Lake area! TOO HOT! Looks like no end in sight to this horrible heat.



OutlookExcessive heat on Saturday hit the Wasatch Front, as the high reached 104, breaking the old record of 103 set back in 1939. It was the hottest day since July 22 of last year and only three degrees off the all-time record high in Salt Lake City set on July 13, 2002. Sunday and Monday will bring more heat and partly cloudy skies...with an isolated afternoon thunderstorm here and there. Not much cooling is expected for midweek, as skies remain partly sunny. Meteorologist Dan Pope--Live 5 Weather

Wasatch Crest Trail

Here are som pics from the Wasatch Crest Trail I did with Ross Karcher, Steve and Justin before the Oregon trip. For those of you who don't know this trail it cruises along the ridge between Park City and the canyons on the Salt Lake side. It has great views and some real fun riding. It was hot day, even up that high! Enjoy!

Minor Suffering on a climb

Desolation Lake

Ross Karche, good views!

Enjoying the ride

Vistas everywhere

Me riding "THE SPINE"

Ross and Ross

Oregon

We made it home safely from our over 2000 mile road trip all around Oregon! Highlights from the trip are on our Shutterfly account - just copy and paste this link into your browser to view more pics! http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8IZNWTZw3csPs

We all had a great time - Sunny got to run on the beach and play in the ocean for the first time ever. Ross got to mountain bike some new terrain - we got to see the coast, visit a winery, brewey, hike and take pictures of waterfalls!!!