Summer 2020 Recap

I saw a freeway billboard that said something about 2020 being a terrible year.  Sure, it’s been different, but it’s still been a great year and we’ve had a lot of fun.  Here are some of the summer highlights.

Happiness.

Baby Moose up at the cabin that we’ve been watching grow up all summer.

Soccer.

Cool kats.

UTV ride.  Smiles and frown.

Tin foil dinners and smores.

Nebo Scenic Byway.

Devils Kitchen.

Backyard fun.

Splash Pad Buddy #1.

Splash Pad Buddy #2.

Splash Pad Buddy #3.

Meadows up Hobble Creek Canyon.

Sidewalk art.

Running through sprinklers.

Beauty Salon.

Father’s Day.

Family Dinner.

Sandbox fun.

Sister make the best friends.  (Check out the photo bomber.)

Breakfast buddy.

Master architect.

Deep thinker.

Soccer champion.

Joy.

Swimmers.

Lagoon train ride.

Lagoon gang.

Grand finale fireworks.

Sparklers.

Creativity.

Popsicles.

Date night.

Provo falls on the Mirror Lake highway.

Canoeing on Mirror Lake.

Boardwalk Buddies.

Fire Buddies

Hotel d’Moore

Additional Hotel d’Moore visitors.

Everyday messes

Family reunion shootout.

Smiles.

Family reunion shootout #2.

Landon battle yell.

Tiny whoop drone.

Post takeoff smiles.

Favorite Uncle points.

Can’t catch me!

Pioneer Day decorations.

Fiesta Days Rodeo.

Backflip hang time.

Smiles and monkey feet.

Hotel d’Moore return trip.

Smores.

Sunday naps.

Green grass and shade.

Toys.

Owies.

Art.

Giggles as Landon jumps into Eliza’s bed every night.

Ballet Summer Camp.

Big messes.

Boating.

Riding the Death Tube Princess Puff Cloud.

Imagination and creativity.

Camping.

Family Hike.

First day of First Grade.

Cool space explorer mask.

Lone Peak

Lone Peak has been bagged. This was a HARD hike! Arguably harder than Mt Whitney last year.  While it’s not a particularly tall mountain at 11,260 feet, when you take the Cherry Canyon Logging Trail, you start out at a very low elevation right at the valley floor and hike all the way up.

We started out just before dawn and got to see the daybreak across the Salt Lake valley as we climbed.

About 2/3 of the way up, there is the landmark Outlaw Cabin.  Outlaw in name only, it was built as a shelter before the area was designated as Wilderness in 1978.

Bizarre landscape.

Amazing perseverance.

Haggered life.

The peak.

On the tippy top. A bit of a sketchy climb and then a very small table top peak.

We’ve been prepping for this hike all summer long.  I’ve been looking at the peak whenever I get a chance and envisioning standing on the top.  It’s really fun to have made it up and looked back across the valley back at myself.

Hiking down via a different route than we took up.  Very steep.

360 degree pano of the view with Lone Peak on the left and Utah Valley on the right.

11.25 hours
17.2 miles
7400 feet of ascent