Sun and snow...love them both

Saturday dawned a bright, gloriously sunny day after a week of wonderful rain.  Don't get me wrong; I'm so grateful for that rain, but I do notice that I get a little bit downish when it goes on for very long.  Paul and I had lots of chores to do that morning, but both of us were so excited to see the sun that we both came up with ideas of how to get out and enjoy it.  In the end we decided we would go to Pine Valley first to see if there was snow and take  walk if it wasn't too deep while it was still the warm part of the day and then if there was still time when we got back we'd take a red hill hike as well.  When we got up there the snow was beautiful and not too deep, so we decided to walk the Santa Clara River Trail that goes through the picnic/campground/forest area.  There were people by the lake sledding down the hill.  It looked like so much fun!  We had such a beautiful walk.  It was a very wet snowfall and it was sticking in all the trees and decorating them!  It was just above freezing - too warm to X-country ski, but perfect for walking.  It was peaceful and so pretty.  We went to end of the trail and then as we started back it started to snow just a little and then more and more and by the time we got back  to the car it was really going at it.  It was a good thing we got back so we could get on the road home.  It kept snowing until we got down to Snow Canyon and then it was sun and rain washed red and white rocks.  Everything is so beautiful with the air pure and clean from the recent rains.  I just felt like smiling all day long!  Love this place we live with so much variety in such a small area!  I feel so blessed when I'm out enjoying Heavenly Father's beautiful creations.