Uinta Backpacking

Bade and I went backpacking in the Uinta Mountain Range this weekend to Jewel Lake, past Ruth Lake. This gorgeous little spot in the mountains is surrounded by tons of small hidden lakes and grand rocky peaks. We had this area almost entirely to ourselves.

On Saturday we went on a hike to the top (almost) of one of the peaks surrounding us, and came across a few pretty lakes including this picturesque lake called Cutthroat Lake which had a fun assortment of trout such as…Cutthroat Trout…Brook Trout…… and Tiger Trout.

We had some yummy backpacking meals and even brought some Pillsbury Crescent Rolls to cook over the fire, which were Delicious, with a capital D.

This weekend was such a welcome and relaxing, fly fishing weekend.

 

Insulation — someone’s got to do it

Today is the day that we (I supervised) took on the dreaded house project, insulating the floor. As most of you know, Bade and I live up a canyon, so we are already pretty shaded from the sun for the majority of the day and are always at least 10 degrees cooler than the valley.  We also have many mature trees around our house which provide shade through the sunny parts of the day.  All of this adds up to a very cold house.  We never have to turn on our air conditioning, in fact, we occasionally need to turn on the heat in the summer because our house is frigid. The worst of it is that when I wake up in the morning to a 50-and-below degree house, I go downstairs to make breakfast and my bare feet have to stand on a 40-and-below degree floor. So today we finally insulated our floors.

Bade’s friend, who is renovating an entire house by himself, volunteered to come to our house and work on our insulation instead of doing the same job at his house.  Keller was a HUGE help, and made the work much quicker and way more enjoyable. Bade’s little brother came and helped for the last hour of insulating, also a nice help :).

The boys were even able to fit in a 5 hour afternoon/evening ride to the top of some of the mountains that make up our canyon.

Dead Bird In Our Bedroom

Our cat, who used to pee on top of her litter box because she couldn’t figure out the litter box cat door, has now become an expert on cat doors. Moki is so proficient with cat doors that she can bring other animals through them with her, for her to enjoy mutilating on the floor of our bedroom all afternoon. Good job Moki; I’m sure that formerly-cute robin deserved it.

Here lies the chewed-up snake she left us 2 weeks ago.

Fall Colors Are Starting

This Labor Day weekend Bade and I took his sister and her family dirt bike riding in our canyon where the fall colors are already starting to make their appearance.

The boys were able to find some wild raspberries in our usual hunting ground, but their size and flavor were not ideal…we ate them anyway :).