The Tradition Continues

This is part two of our anniversary stuff (#32).
On Thursday we played around in the mountains by Park City.
Today the weather warmed up, so we went on our traditional anniversary picnic up at Solitude.

The only difference this year was that our picnic table was missing.
We improvised by sitting on a disc golf pad.

Out in the field:

It has been an extremely hot summer, so this sudden Fall weather is okay with me.

Next we parked at Solitude resort and walked to Redman Campground which is very peaceful now that it's closed to campers.
We found a  picnic bench in the sun.
Joe took a long rest:

It was all very simple and low key. That's our style.

Married 32 years!!

We have been married for 32 years. We have three grown children (two married) and four grandchildren (all Susans). Anyway, we are doing our anniversary in two parts. Today we played near Park City.
On Saturday we will do our long standing picnic tradition in Big Cottonwood Canyon. The reason we are waiting is we want warm weather when we sit at that picnic table. Today was cold.


We had lunch at the McDonalds at Kimball Junction.
Then we drove to the hills behind Park City.


We did some walking. The leaves are starting to turn color:

We checked out some old mining buildings.
This one is from 1920:

Behind this gateway, we could see a mining car sitting on the tracks:

In 1908 there were many buildings up here.
Maybe this is one that survived from that era? (I have homework to do)

It must have been used for many years.
This is what I found inside:

Hello:

Joe cut some cattails for me.
They are a pretty good substitute for corn stalks at Halloween time:

Watch for my Saturday 'picnic' post.

Bradlys Birthday Dinner

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRADLY!!!
Some of us met at the Olive Garden in Sugarhouse for dinner.


The birthday boy:

Decisions, decisions:

Mom and Dad:

My brothers; Brian and Bradly:

Debera and Dave:

Samantha (Bradlys girl)

Peter:

Guess who?

I have very nice parents:

Tyler

So, if you weren't at the dinner party, you can look at these pictures and sort of pretend that you were there.
P.S. Thank you Dad. It was awesome.


Here's a random addition to my blog post:

This morning I canned some more peaches. That brings my total to 15 quarts.
I also sliced lots of apples and froze them for pie:

Labor Day Weekend Picnic

Since it's the beginning of Labor Day weekend (Saturday),
I just thought it would be nice to do a quick afternoon picnic.

We  found a quiet spot:

Before leaving the canyon we spent some time by the river:

Labor Day is Monday.

Peach Project

Today I put up 9 quarts of peaches.
1 Quart peach/honey
and I made a peach pie:

Not bad for a girl that grew up in the Los Angeles area.

Timpanogas Mountain Hike

We got out of bed at 4:30 a.m. on this Saturday morning. Joe and I left the house at 5:00 a.m. to meet up with our son and his wife at the Cabellas parking lot in Lehi. We left Aaron's car there and made the drive to the Timpooneke Trailhead in American Fork Canyon. Out on the trail we met people that had started their hike at 1:30 a.m!

Here are a few sights along the way:

Some of the trail was very rocky.
By about 10:00 a.m. it was hot, and shade is hard to come by:

We loved shade when we could find it:

Joe and I reached this meadow basin below Timp peak.
Aaron and Stefani  were ahead of us. We kept contact with Walkie Talkies.

Aaron and Stef were already up on the saddle enjoying the view.
See the two little pine trees on the left of this picture? That's were Joe and I sat ourselves down for lunch and a rest:

This is what we were looking at while we ate lunch.
We were sitting right on the ground under the tree:

So, in the end we waited for Aaron and Stef to come back down (about 45 minutes). We met them back at the sign post:
Partly due to time and a weather warning, Joe and I missed our chance to go up the last leg of the climb.

Last look:

Talking and gearing up for the descent:

Just for the record, Joe and I plan to tackle this one again on our own. We aren't as fast as some others, but we can do it. We just need to go at our own pace.

About half way down it started to thunder, lightening, and rain a bit;

Little did we know that our challenges were just about to begin!
Not long after this photo, Stefanie sprained an ankle! Fortunately I was carrying a pink ace bandage.

Aaron carried her on his back for about 2 miles.
It was a tough way to end an otherwise good hike.