Summer Wrap Up, 2017

SUP'ing Pineview, May 30. 2017.

SUP'ing Pineview, May 30. 2017.

Snowbasin form Pineview Reservoir, May 30, 2017

From Pineview we drove home over Monte Cristo then through Evanston Wyoming. 

Mountain Biking Mueller Park to Rudy's Flat, down North Canyon, June 9, 2017.

Came around a blind corner too fast and rode right over the middle of this Garter(?) snake and I was sure my tires had cut it in half, but it crawled away like nothing happened.

Heading down North Canyon.

North Canyon Bald (the peak), and flowers.

Fourth of July

My grandson is a better drone pilot than his Grandpy.

SUP'ing Causey Reservoir, July 15, 2017:

Causey has four fjord-like arms that are fun to explore. We paddled for 4 hours and covered about 6 miles. Tons of young people cliff jumping on the more accessible cliffs but further in we were almost alone.

On the downside, three bodies have never been recovered from Causey (per the Deputy). All the more incentive not to fall in.

Total Eclipse of the Sun from Rexburg Idaho, August 21, 2017:

Not prepared to photograph the eclipse, these are the best I could do. 

It took us three and a half hours to drove up the day before from Bountiful Utah, and nine hours to drive home the evening after the eclipse, but worth every second of the long drive home. It was simply stunning when it went from 99% to 100%, bringing a rush of emotion that was totally unexpected. 

SUP'ing Mirror Lake, August 26, 2017:

Raining almost from the start. We sat out the first 20 minutes in the truck then headed to the lake knowing the breaking sun wouldn't last.

So nice to be on a real lake and not on one of Utah's grungy reservoirs with their missing, drowned swimmers and algae blooms.

Bald Mountain (l) and Ried's Peak (r).

Hayden Peak.

Mountain Biking, Mueller's-Rudy's-North Canyon,
September 4, 2017:

On the North Canyon/Mueller's Divide, just above the "rocky switchback".

Session Mountain from Rudy's Flat (elev 7,120 feet).

Snow stake rock at about 6,800 feet. It's roughly four feet high, so a good snow year when it's covered

Elderberries in North Canyon.

Drone Shots of the Family, September 10, 2017:

Mountain Biking, Mueller's-Rudy's-Mueller's, October 4, 2017:

Evening ride up to Rudy's Flat (7,120 feet), arriving at Rudy's at sundown. Under-dressed per usual (shorts and a short-sleeved jersey) and I froze on the descent. I could move my toes or fingers upon arrival at truck, which meant I could barely get the keys from my pocket and into the keyhole.

New bridges just below Rudy's Flat. There are now no more technicalities riding up the Mueller Trail. One can literally fly through here at 20-mph, whereas is use to be a bunny-hop after bunny-hop through rocks and bogs and big-stepped-mounts onto the bridges.

Now easy as pie.

Sunset over Antelope Island, from about a mile above Elephant Rock.