Leaf Looking 2024

I can love it over and over every year!  I never get tired of looking at the glorious colors of Fall leaves!  We even go to the same place to look at them.  Tradition!  Today was especially nice because of the clouds and even some sprinkles.  We stopped in and picked up Bean in Cedar City and then headed up the mountain.  We went through Cedar Breaks first and then turned right and went down that road.  We stopped and walked by a little stream we love, and then continued on and stopped off by the big lava beds for a little snack.  After that we went back via Duck Creek and stopped off for a walk at Aspen Mirror Lake.  It's always a favorite spot.  We saw a cool eagle nest along the way.  After that we went back via Navajo Lake road and then over to Brian Head and down to Parowan where we stopped in at the Dairy Freeze for great shakes and onion rings.  Really good!  Then we headed back down to Cedar City to drop Bean off and head home.  It was a really nice day with him and he seemed to be doing very well. Happy Fall!  

Paul and I went to Pine Valley yesterday and found a few leaves changing there.  It was just a little early for that elevation, but still so peaceful with the campgrounds closed for the year and the gates locked.  We just walked the paved to trail to the end and then walked part of the old Canal Trail back to the car.   Then we went to a beautiful reception with a sit down dinner and then to the Banff film festival for an evening of adventure films.  It was a wonderful day!

A little more leaf looking included a Friday walk and Picnic in Pine Valley.  The gate is closed because they are doing some paving so we walked clear up the trail to the end and had a little picnic at that top campsite.  Along the way there is an old apple tree.  We saw an apple way up high on it and were able to harvest it with a stick.  After we cut out the bird peck, it turned out to be a really good apple to add to our picnic.  On Saturday we went up on Cedar Mountain again to a Single Adult dinner at Wood's Ranch.  Paul cooked up some great DO potatoes to go with the bishop's sloppy joes.  It was cool and nice up there and the leaves were so pretty.  Didn't get many pics in either place.  

 More Fall fun.  Hiked the little Brookside Trail to Baker Lake.  The leaves haven't changed much yet, but it was still so pretty.  We stopped at Veyo Pie on the way there and got chicken pot pies and pie slices and took them to Pine Valley.  We had a nice picnic of the chicken pot pies there and decided to take the pie slices home to eat with ice cream.  It was good to get out and see the pretty stuff.  Someone put tape on the open range cattle signs to make them into Oreo Cows like the ones at Pine Valley are. Funny!

We got our bikes out and went to Pine Valley for a Fall ride today.  We also added in a little hike.  The leaves had finally turned up there and it was beautiful.  The uphill part of the ride was a huffing and puffing event since it's been forever since we've ridden.  We did the return ride on the Santa Clara River paved trail and it was a downhill ride and so very nice!  It was cool and peaceful and beautiful.