Early Morning Fishing And Other Stuff

So, this is our story: Joe found a new job. Hooray!  With all the stress we really needed a break!
We spent one night in a Yurt at Rivers Edge in Heber.

                                   

Early morning on the river;

Yep. I'm hooked.

My Waders and boots are pretty nifty.
I call it my space suit now.

I had a trout hit my line hard. It was such a jolt.
That was the end of the excitement though.

Other stuff:
We ate at Dairy Keen, Chicks (a diner), and had ice cream at Heber Valley Creamery.
We visited the Homestead Crater.
We picked wild Huckleberries (I'm going to make muffins).
Lastly, we drove out to Strawberry Reservoir and walked on a boat dock.

It was a short trip but time well spent.
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Fishing In New Waders (and boots)

Last summer I just knew that I had to get off the river bank and into the river to fish.
It miraculously happened for me!
Today I stood in the river with my fly rod for the first time!
I am incredibly impressed with these new Waders.
They have altered my fishing in a very positive way.

They were a birthday gift from my son and his wife.


We have two or  three spots on the Middle Provo River in Heber that we like so far.

So, there you have it. I did get in the river. Hooray.

Deseret Peak

Deseret Peak Wilderness area.
Near Grantsville.
Elevation 11,031 feet.
Elevation Gain: 3,603 feet
Difficulty: Difficult
Scenery: Wooded approach, high-mountain terrain, excellent views.

My brother, Brad, suggested this hike.

This was a strenuous hike but we made it to the top.
We were about 8 hours on the trail.

We couldn't stay long on the summit because of very high winds (storm front!)

This was down the mountain. We had passed through 20 minutes of heavy rain and hail, but we had our ponchos and did okay with the situation.

How do we know that we are getting old? We hike and exercise but we still don't look like it. Oh well. The main thing is that we are out there and doing it.

Francis Peak etc.. Pioneer Weekend

It's a Monday and a long 'Pioneer Holiday' weekend in Utah.
On Saturday we went to a free Mormon Tabernacle concert.
Today Joe and I walked up a long dusty road to Francis Peak in Farmington.
His car didn't want to go closer to the top so we left it far down the road.

It was 92 degrees in the shade.

I found the only tiny strip of shade around.
The back wall of the Radar station.

Venturing a short distance on the Great Western trail from there.
Truth is, we had already walked pretty far up a steep road in the heat.

Walking back down:

This is us literally rolling down the mountain for 12 miles with the engine off, because Joe forgot to put gas in his car.
We weren't sure that we had enough to get out.
Turns out we did, but we didn't know that at the time.
We made it to a gas station just fine, but it was an adventure.
Adventure is code for "This could be bad".

Anyway, we will do this again when the weather is cooler.
We want to walk the length of the ridge line.

Lesa Birthday

Today was my birthday.
I was born July 2, 1953.
It's 2016. You figure it out.
It's not that I am into pictures of myself, I just wanted this day on record.


Millcreek Canyon:

See you next year!

Gun Range

Today, Saturday, Joe and I went to a Gun Range.
I've wanted to do this for a very long time.
I really just wanted to know how to do it!


These pics represent a good solid hour and a half (or more) of playing in the gun range.


Loading (not as easy as it looks at first, but I caught on):

Inserting and then slapping in the magazine:

Posing (My safety is still on here...don't worry):

Shoot:

My first 5 bullets only hit the paper.
After that all of my shots clustered near the bulls eye.
About 4-5 hit right on the X.

My reward, besides feeling accomplished and more confident, was the shop manager saying "Wow".
That made my day.