Murdock Basin

Yesterday, DJ and I, along with our friend Woody, headed to Mirror Lake Hwy. in the Uintahs. Our destination was Murdock Basin. It is one of Woody's favorite areas and he wanted to show us some different spots.

 What a beautiful area! We were between 9100ft. and 10,000 ft elevation all day. 

The air was so clean and fresh. The views were amazing!!

We picked Woody up at 6am and got home at 9pm. It was a long day but worth every bumpy bit of it. We put 21 miles on the ATV's and dealt with rocky roads all day long. The majority of them looked like dried up river beds.

DJ and I in the parking area before we hit the roads.

Murdock Basin Falls ~ We headed down to the Duchesne River first and Woody showed us this beautiful waterfall in that area.

Me

Woody and DJ

This is usually very full of water.

Murdock Basin Falls is in that shadow.

Woody was trying to call elk down. He has lived in Northern Utah most of his life. If you want to know a good hunting spot or find a good fishing hole he can tell you.

This is usually full too.

Reflection of trees in the water.

 

The beginning of the Duchesne Tunnel. It is 6 miles long and carries water from the Duchesne River to the Provo River.

I'm fascinated with simple, white buildings out in nature and Utah has a few of them.

I'm not sure what this building is or was used for. The outhouse across the road needs a little TLC.

We parked close to the Duchesne River for a little while so the guys could fly fish.

Pretty Butterfly

Woody said the water usually covers most of those rocks.

This is climbing back up from the Duchesne River to the main road.

This is my new favorite place in Utah! Marshall Lake. I fell in love! I told DJ "Let's build a cabin and not go back home!" He agreed but somehow we ended up going home at the end of the day :)

No matter which way you looked it was all so breathtakingly beautiful.

I could sit and look at this view all day :)

Massive Rock

Nope, it hasn't got old yet. Love the reflection of the clouds in the water.

 

DJ trying one more time to get a bite on his line. No such luck.

 

The road leading out of Marshall Lake. This one had a lot of packed dirt with the rock. Most of the roads were all rock. What a wonderful day spent with two great guys!

Helping Grandpa

Here are the last pictures from my Oregon trip last April....finally!

Mom and I came home from running some errands and I found Heather in the back yard helping my dad spread crushed granite.

I love crushed granite. It packs together almost like cement but water can drain through it. It's cheaper than cement too, at least in Oregon. I've looked for it here in Utah but haven't found it so far.

Go Momma! I love this picture of my momma cutting firewood :)

Cousins

Last spring when I was in Oregon I took a couple of hours to take some pictures of my two girls and my two nieces. They are so silly when they are together!

I snuck a picture of my mom in there too ~ she's funny :)

A Peek At Ashland, Oregon

Oh. My. Goodness.

Could I get any more behind on my blogging? Yikes!

I left off on my trip to Oregon this past spring. 

Danielle and I drove over to Ashland one day just to window shop and eat lunch.

We had a lot of fun.

Ashland is a beautiful city with a population just a little over 20,000 people. It is the home of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.

On the road from Klamath Falls to Ashland ~Just off of Dead Indian Memorial Rd.

Danielle with Mount McLoughlin in the background

We ate a delicious lunch here at Pasta Piatti.

The pretty street we parked on.

It would be fun to peek inside this house :)

Walking down to Main St. from where we parked.

Beautiful Ashland Library.

Another view of Pasta Piatti.

This church was fun to take pictures of.

So pretty.

We saw a few different utility boxes covered with wonderful paintings. What a great idea!

Love it!

Ashland Springs Hotel ~ Built in 1925

I couldn't help but take a picture of this banner. I love all the trees in Oregon!

A peek up the entrance stairs of the Columbia Hotel from the sidewalk.

On the road back to Klamath Falls. It was such a lovely day spent with my Dani girl :)