Friday, July 30, 2010

Enjoying God's Beautiful Creation in Northern Utah!

We started the summer off with hiking several trails in our area. I'm sharing two of those hikes with you today :) Lucky you!

In May Weber Pathways ( an organization that creates, maintains and leads organized hikes here in Weber County ) did a wildflower hike every Wednesday morning for a couple of hours. It was so neat to get out and learn to identify different wildflowers here in Northern Utah. The last hike we did as a group was up at Causey Dam. Our guide said it's the only place in Northern Utah that she's found the wild clematis.


Causey Dam - parking area at the north arm - BEAUTIFUL!

A peaceful pond at the start of the trail
This tree caught my eye - so neat how it's growing out of the bank
North arm of Causey Dam- looking from the trail
Wild Clematis - I'm disappointed I didn't get a better picture
Causey Dam area looking towards Ogden ( on the other side of the snow covered Wasatch Mtns. )


Memorial Day we hiked the Indian Creek Trail with our neighbors and some of their extended family that live in the area. We had a great time.....well, that is besides me feeling like I was going to have 10 heart attacks along the way!!! What a climb. It took us 4 hours. I considered giving up more than once but I'm to stubborn!
I'm so glad we went as it was a beautiful hike. It gave us a whole different perspective of Ogden Canyon. If you love the great outdoors Utah is a wonderful place to live!  We love it :)
There was a small building at the top that was part of the old saw mill and the view from there was awesome.


This is an old kiln used by the Indians a long time ago.....it sits in the parking lot for Indian Creek Trail
Indian Creek Trail
Heather & DJ on the trail



Looking out at Ogden's 12th St. - this view is SO worth the climb!!

If you're ever in our area stop by and we'll go hiking :) Or sit and chat over a cup of coffee.

Til then :)

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