The two of us always find a lot of stuff to do....always...We had a lot of quick weekends and events throughout the summer. Here's a look back at our summer in pictures.
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| We conquered the Escape Room with help from Megan, Boone, Lucy & Brady. |
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| Bushwhacking in The Swell. |
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| The other lesser-known delicate arch in Utah, The Swell |
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Weekend campout in The Swell with PICU friends.
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| Swell yoga |
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| Mexican Mountain Road, San Rafael Swell. |
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| IHC big sip lost and forgotten in The Swell. Live well, indeed. |
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| Moth found in a knot of our gnarly tree stump. |
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| Megan & Boone stop by with the newest member of the Weiss-Boone family: Lily. |
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| Old Crow Medicine Show covering Bob Dylan, The Eccles Theater in SLC |
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| Our compadres for the night: Alan & Larry |
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| Chad making snow angels in June just off the Mirror Lake Hwy, Uintas |
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| Snow yoga....it's gonna be the next big thing. |
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| Provo River Falls gushing, Mirror Lake Hwy, Uintas. |
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| Uinta campout with Alan & Larry. We forgot condiments for the hot dogs. Worse than that: no one brought S'mores! |
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| Car camping on route to Escalante, Southern Utah |
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| Probably the nicest camp we've had this year. Southern Utah at its finest. |
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| Bad moon on the rise over Escalante desert. |
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| Who packs salad 400 miles as pre-hiking food? Waste not, want not. Eat your greens, Chad! |
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| Lower Hackberry Canyon. Going barefoot up the muddy wash. |
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| Old cowboy cabin. Restored in recent years. Appears to still be used on occasion. |
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Chad gets brave scrambling along the crumbly sandstone edge.
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| Arch it. |
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Packing out of Lower Hackberry Canyon.
Buckskin Gulch, Escalante
Buckskin Gulch, Escalante
Slot canyon
The crow (everybody poops)
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| Buckskin Gulch, Escalante |
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| First summer on the lake at the Sage Residence. The kids are loving the water. |
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| Jamie & Dave take us on a little cruise around the lake in their brand new pontoon. |
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| "I love it when we're cruisin' together..." |
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| Booze crusin' with the Wachtors (and Dave Sage) |
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| Grant & Michael dipping theirs toes in the water. Chad relaxes in the floaty. |
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Aria loves the frogs.
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Cambria loves the food. 3rd of July fireworks at Eagle Wood Gold Course.
Kristie chillin' with her ladies (& Tyler) before the fireworks show at Eagle Wood Golf Course |
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| Watching 4th of July fireworks go off all over the SL valley from atop the Avenues. |
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| God Bless 'Merica |
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| Chad & Ian tantalize Wyatt with 4th of July sparklers. I sense a pyro in the making. |
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| Tree & dancer atop Bald Mountain, Uintas |
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| Hey! We were here almost three years ago to this day! Happy 35th Chad! |
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| Sam & Chad on the trail to Bald Mountain, Uintas. |
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| First backyard BBQ of the season. The fence is thiiiiis close to being finished. |
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| Blanch's & BBQs go together like peanut butter & jelly. |
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| A little giant Jenga action. Zoey won twice (contrary to what Shane would have you believe). |
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| Father's Day hike up Adam's Canyon with Summer, Tyler & Grizz. Dad had to go home early to tend to the meats! |
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| Summer & Kristie, Adam's Canyon :) |
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| Britt Floyd with Dad, Heidi, Summer & Tyler. Trippin' balls. |
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| Kristie's 35th birthday. Dinner & a movie hosted by Summer & Tyler. Yup, that's pizza. |
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| Enjoying homemade pizzas, wine, warm summer nights, & each other's company. |
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| 35!!!!??? |
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| Pictographs in Centerville Canyon. |
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| Todd on the Pfeifferhorn (a.k.a. BS Mountain) |
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| Kristie & Todd make it to the top of BS mountain. 11,326 feet and 9.1 miles return trip. |
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| That's a lot of BS to climb |
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| Mammoth sunflowers are blowing up! |
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| This one has somehow grown 30-40 heads off one stem. Freak of nature. |
