Hiking in Logan Utah

Mothers Day found us in Logan Utah visiting Krista, Karen's daughter. They have a tradition of going on a hike on Mother's Day so Krista took us up the canyon behind Logan for a hike on the Crimson Trail. This trail climbs up out of the canyon and follows the top of a cliff and ends up down in a campground about 3 miles from the beginning. The limestone cliffs are quite precipitous but the trail is located well back from the edge most of the way. There were a few spots that gave Krista, who is afraid of heights, a scare as she walked by them.


The scenery was beautiful and it was a fairly nice early spring day with the flowers starting to bloom and the trees coming out. The creeks are running good with runoff from a good snow pack in the higher country. I'll be down here in a few weeks riding my bike on some trails while Karen and Krista are in Alaska, I can't wait!

In this last picture, Logan is out there at the end of the canyon and the river down there is the Logan River and looks quite fishy to me.

So we had a great time and had a fantastic day out in the wild, which was something I had been needing for some time now.

Idaho Falls in the spring

Karen and I took the boys for a walk along the greenbelt here in Idaho Falls. You can see the falls in these pictures. It was a nice looking day, not too cold but not nearly as warm as it looks. The river is running really high this time of year due to the runoff and the falls were booming. The last pictures I have taken here were of it frozen and barely running, so there is quite a contrast this time.



These pictures were taken last week but I'm only now getting to posting them. This was actually on my birthday that we went for this walk and since then the weather has been anything but nice. I hear they do warm up around here sometime but I haven't seen anything remotely considered to be warm yet this year. We have had frost warnings the last few nights and the wind has been really blowing making outdoor activities something you only do bundled up. I guess ya gotta love it, I just need to get used to it and I will.