We had a camping trip all planned, but weather warnings made camping near and hiking in a slot canyon unfeasible. We ended up pretty close to home, but it has actually been very relaxing and enjoyable. We took a really good bike ride in Snow Canyon. It's my first time back out there after my crash, and at last I seem to have gotten past all of my painful spots other than a little thumb stiffness. It's good to get back out. We also took a ride on the bike trail and over to see the new bridge. It's coming right along.
And we took a couple of quick hikes. We were looking for a view spot from a photograph that we thought was taken from the top of Lamb's Knoll. We hiked and bushwhacked our way up to several different places on top, but it just never looked quite right. Finally we called the photographer and figured out that we should have been over by Cave Valley instead - other side of the road. We were running out of daylight, but by doing some very quick hiking we did make it over into that general area. We are going to head back over with the photographer to get it right! We made it out just as the sun slipped behind the hills.
We also had some of Paul's paintings photographed so we can make prints of them. It was really fun to hang out while the guy doing it finished up. He had some beautiful things in his studio. Paul has spent all day making frames. I have put some prints on Facebook and organized a print book for him. He is very excited about putting a couple of the paintings in an upcoming show. It is so nice that he is finding time to enjoy this talent he has had on hold for such a long time. These are the two frames he made today for the paintings he is going to put in an upcoming show. The top one is of some climbing gear that was hanging in a tree when we went to Kolob to watch Supe and friends climbing. The other one is a Plein Air that Paul did sitting out on a hillside southwest of Santa Clara and shows the Devil's Saddle as well as the view of Zion panorama.
And we took a couple of quick hikes. We were looking for a view spot from a photograph that we thought was taken from the top of Lamb's Knoll. We hiked and bushwhacked our way up to several different places on top, but it just never looked quite right. Finally we called the photographer and figured out that we should have been over by Cave Valley instead - other side of the road. We were running out of daylight, but by doing some very quick hiking we did make it over into that general area. We are going to head back over with the photographer to get it right! We made it out just as the sun slipped behind the hills.
We also had some of Paul's paintings photographed so we can make prints of them. It was really fun to hang out while the guy doing it finished up. He had some beautiful things in his studio. Paul has spent all day making frames. I have put some prints on Facebook and organized a print book for him. He is very excited about putting a couple of the paintings in an upcoming show. It is so nice that he is finding time to enjoy this talent he has had on hold for such a long time. These are the two frames he made today for the paintings he is going to put in an upcoming show. The top one is of some climbing gear that was hanging in a tree when we went to Kolob to watch Supe and friends climbing. The other one is a Plein Air that Paul did sitting out on a hillside southwest of Santa Clara and shows the Devil's Saddle as well as the view of Zion panorama.
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| Here's the photo the painting is based on. |
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