Where to start...I got behind last week and now its catch up time. Last Saturday morning Paul and I helped with a Stake Activity Day hike up the Temple Quarry Trail. Paul gave his rock splitting demo and some history and then showed the girls the marks of the pioneer work that are still visible along the trail. We had about 19 girls and some leaders attend. It was fun and they seemed to enjoy themselves.
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| Someone spotted this cute little critter on the way down. It was trying very hard to hide. |
That afternoon we drove up to Zion to look for the elusive China or Cooley Hat petroglyphs that we heard about...still didn't find them, but had a great time just checking out side canyons. It's so fun when the park is so crowded to just go into the side canyons. There's usually almost no one there.
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| Things to notice - somebody was leaving fun little cairns all along the wash we hiking through to access all the side canyons. Look at how the roots of that tree have snaked across the rock to find what they need. |
Thursday evening Lenae and Derek had a new baby boy, Trigg Kevin. That makes #17 for us! He's a real cutie and healthy and strong. We are so happy for them...and us!
Friday evening Paul and I camped out at Sand Hollow reservoir to be on hand to help with the swim part of the 2012 Ironman. Moss got us a job on the dock again this year helping people out of boats if they couldn't finish. Last year there were almost none, but this time there were probably just over 100. About 10 minutes after the race start a horrific windstorm came up. We could hardly stand on the docks and got pretty wet from the waves breaking against them. I don't know how anyone could swim in that mess, but lots of them did. The lifeguards couldn't stay with the swimmers because their boards and kayaks just got pushed away by the wind. It was actually pretty scary. After that, we came home and took a long nap. Everyone out there starts getting things ready at about 3 am, so we only got about 4 ours of sleep. It was fun hanging out with everyone. I'm so glad I'm not interested in doing an Ironman!
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| Hanging out on Friday evening. |
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| The pros getting ready for their start. Everyone else getting ready for the mass start. The mass start! |
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| Moss & Christie in the wind, the first place guy coming in with second place close behind. |
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