A Girlfriends Annual Fall Drive

Utah has some great scenic drives.

 Autumn is my favorite time to be outdoors. We have a lot of aspens, scrub oak and sugar maples here that come alive with color in the fall.

Yesterday some of my girlfriends and I went for our annual fall drive. Laura and I started doing this in 2008.

Everyone met at my house at 8am and we got back to my house at 930pm.

It's the one day of the year that we tell our families "we'll be back when we get back". 

We headed up Ogden Canyon to the valley and made our traditional stop at Eden's Coffee & Cocoa Co.

It has a hippie vibe to it. I love it! It's my favorite place to get a cup of coffee.

Then we headed up 39 towards Monte Cristo........

 Route 39 ~ We couldn't have asked for a more beautiful day!

Laura, Sheila, Erin and Myrna ~ we all had cameras.

It was cold and windy at this spot along 39. Erin doesn't like to be cold!

The colors were awesome :)

The sky was a vibrant blue ~ Such a great backdrop for these trees.

Love this picture!

A mile down the road from those red trees we came to Monte Cristo campground. No fall color. It was cold so we didn't linger long.

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We turned onto Curtis Creek Rd (59) and took it over to Hardware Ranch. I think it took us 2-3 hours because we stopped and took pictures along the way.

The clouds were so pretty yesterday.

We came across a couple of sheep herders. They had a big herd and 7 sheepdogs.

We were in the car with the windows rolled down when these two guys came flying up over the hill barking at us.

The dogs chased us down the road then stopped to get a drink. It is so neat to watch how instinctively they guard and guide their herd.

This is a little side trip we took. DJ and I drove up here Saturday with the ATV's. We call it "Rocky Top". On one side you have bare, rolling hills.

The other side is the complete opposite. I could sit and look at this view all day long. The layers of textures, colors and differing heights is incredible!

Thank you, Lord, for creating such a wonderful and varied display of  your handiwork for us to enjoy!

p.s. tomorrow I will post more pics of our day yesterday. 

Beautiful Utah

Autumn is beautiful here in Northern Utah. 

The colors are beginning to change and the weather is cooling down.

Yesterday DJ and I took the ATV's up to Hardware Ranch and rode for about 5 hours. It was nice to get out of town. There are way to many people here on the Wasatch Front. As much as we love the mountains around here we really look forward to moving in the next couple of years! Hopefully...........

Sheep in the road on the way up to Hardware Ranch.

 I LOVE the vibrant yellows of Aspens :)

I've had my Nikon for almost a year and it looks like I need to get my sensor cleaned. Excuse the dark specks that show in some pictures.

Just Beautiful.

 

 

Hawks ~ amazing to watch them glide through the air.

It was a pretty day.

I sat on this rock ~ what was I thinking? It was really bumpy and not so comfortable. The color is awesome though!

Maybe we''ll just build a cabin right here. That would be heaven on earth ~

Fall Is In The Air :)

Autumn.....just saying it makes me happy.

 There's nothing about fall that I don't like. Warm, cozy colors. Smells of cinnamon, apple, pumpkin, nutmeg, cloves, allspice and leaves on the forest floor. Bluer skies in October. It's all wonderful and brings a new zest for life after a long, hot summer.

 Today I'm sharing a couple of pictures of our fall decorations. I still have more to do this weekend. We painted the kitchen last week. The home office, living room and kitchen are now all the same color. We just have the hallway left to paint that same color.