So lately Tyler has decided that we need to go hiking....and in his opinion, he would love to go everyday. So far I know he hiked Adams Canyon at least 3 or 4 times last week alone, I hiked it once with him. I am so out of shape but I am so grateful that when I go hiking with him, he doesnt mind stopping every 20 feet for me to get a drink or catch my breathe. Hopefully, this summer will put me back into shape.
This week we babysat at my aunts house up by 12th street in Ogden and after we were done decided to drive in the canyon till we found a trail. We stopped off maybe about a mile inward of the canyon at what is called Indian Trail I think...We didnt do the whole hike, as it goes around the mountain in various ways and ends off at 22nd street. So we looked at the map and decided to go to what is called Nevada Point which is 1.8 miles into the hike. The hike is beautiful and safe for the most part if you want to take kids to it. There is a lot of uphill, and great views of the canyon, and a stream that runs through it most of the way. I was so happy we finished this hike, a total of 3.6 miles, that we stopped off at one of our favorite food spots and picked up a half dozen Mormon Muffins as a reward :D
On Wednesday, we decided to use the State Park Pass my dad got from the library (which btw, every davis county library has one, you can go into ANY state park for free--get to check it out for a week) and go to Antelope Island, still had to pay $2 but still...we used my GPS and I plugged in lots of geocaches (www.geocaching.com -- like a free treasure hunt) on Antelope Island for us to find. Out of the 10 I plugged in, we found 3.
The first one is by the front of the park, the second was a multi-cache, which means you have to go from point to point in order to find the next clue that will bring you to the final cache. We drove along the east side of the island and ended up at the Ranch wandering around for 30 minutes at least trying to follow my coordinates. I gave up and asked the rancher if he knew what I was looking for...he did...laughed at us, we were about 300 feet off track, and gave us a cool medallion and pointed us to the cache.
On our way back I noticed a cache that cooresponded with a hike. Tyler really wanted to hike of course, so that was the next one. So began our FOUR HOUR hike up to Frarry Peak (the top most part of Antelope Island) We thought it would take 2 hours, or we wouldnt have done it due to time...silly us..anyways, this hike is completely uphill till you get to the top, there are some flat areas that I was very grateful for. It is 4 miles one way, 4 miles the other (which is then all down hill) the last .2 miles of the hike are the most difficult, and there are 2 landslide areas about 2 feet across that one wrong step, and your sliding down. Its not steep enough to kill you, but enough to scare the bejibus out of you. The cruel part was that to get to the final cache at the top of the hill...we had to hike down another 200 feet, and up another 200 feet...The bugs were out soo much, I could barely sign the log. Another part I didnt like, was you would think you were at the top, get to that summit...and see the trail going on to the hill next to it you didnt see. Got sunburnt a little. But now me and Tyler can say we hiked to the top of that thing, I dont recommend taking kids on this hike till they are older at least 8 or 10 and bring food and plenty of water, (and TP just in case), maybe even a hiking stick as you will be on your butt going down from the top part of that .2 lol.
The next day, my leg hurt sooo bad. And on friday Tyler ran a 5k with his little sister for their school. I would have ran it with them, but I missed the sign up date, so I got pictures and was the water girl.
My computer and camera connector dont seem to want to work together, so I will post pictures up of some of these adventures when they do.
Next week I'm going to Duck Beach North Carolina for what I call Morman Spring Break with my friend Ryan, Im super stoked to go to the beach, and maybe hike some trails up to light houses. But really excited to see some friends from last year.
Also some time this summer, Tyler wants to go on a road trip and we will go to Page AZ (his mission area) and Cali, I know he wants me to hike this one hike that is half way in water...we will see how the weather is, if its hot im all for it.
I applied to a historian job on HAFB as the teacher jobs are becoming fewer to find, and harder to get an interview with. I really hope I can get a job by the end of summer. If not, I'll be applying out of town...and I dont want that....ugh...
So that is the uppity date for this month, see ya next month or when i get my computer camera working. If your private please add me jeamie_sm_15@yahoo.com I love keeping in touch with everyone.
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