I've been on two jaunts into the great outdoors since my last post. On the first, son number three and I went into the Box Elder peak wilderness. We were turned back about 1.5 miles in. I had purchased some new boots about two months ago and had been wearing them to work. They STILL aren't broken in and I have a nice bloody blister to prove it.
Two days later I read about a guy who had been ahead of us on the trail. After climbing the peak, he confronted two bears on the way down that evening and had to spend the night 'under a tree'. I outweigh the bears by a longshot, carry a heavy oak staff, love to kick things, and dislike sleeping in dirt........draw your own conclusions.
Two days later, me and the missus went through the 'back door' of Diamond Fork canyon. It was a beautiful drive. The sun was shining, the birdies were chirping. We walked the first 1/3 mile or so of the trail that goes to the hot springs (I will be posting about this extensively in the fall). I found a spring that is about a mile above the lower trail head also (more on that in the fall also).
I'm not terribly found of rattlesnakes so I avoid the West deserts and lower elevation canyons for 6 months out of the year.
On the way down Diamond Fork, we saw an eagle eating a rattlesnake. How's that for ironic. Not to bad a pic from a cell phone!
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