We’ve done a winter Pine Hollow hike for several years, and even though it was a super cold New Year’s Day (5° F!) we decided to go for it. We bundled up and hit the trail after lunch and made really good time heading up the hill. We completed the 1.4 miles to the meadow …
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Couple Orderville Trip
Ever since doing Orderville a few years ago, I have been itching to go back. Manina mentioned it has been a while since we’ve done a couples trip with friends, so we combined those ideas and started making arrangements. I reserved a Zion NP backcountry permit for six and booked a shuttle to the trailhead …
Farewell Fiasco – Tubing the Provo
We got a good piece of advice from a missionary parent a few days ago: Take the family out to do something fun after dropping off your missionary at the MTC. Since it’s such an emotional time, it’s important to go out and have a fun diversion instead of just going home and crying for the …
Box Elder Hike
Whew! What a hike! We packed up Friday night, made sandwiches, dried some fruit and wanted to be ready early Saturday morning for our hike. Katelyn invited her good friend, Sophie Lee, and Claire, Drew, Ellie, Finn, Manina and I rounded out the group. Jacob dropped us off at the trailhead up above Granite Flat …
Ibantik Lake Backpacking Trip
Jake, Drew and I had an awesome weekend in the Uinta mountains. We backpacked into Ibantik Lake, stayed overnight, tried to catch some fish, and enjoyed our time together. We made a short little video with a few highlights. The wildflowers were out in force. Temperatures were perfect for hiking too. We took a …
Coach Manina and the Snipers
Manina volunteered to be Katelyn’s Jr. Jazz coach this year. Coaching 8th-grade girls recreation-league basketball takes a special kind of crazy, but Manina really worked hard at it and got the most out of her team. Manina inherited a team that went completely defeated last year — no wins all season long. Manina set up …
Pine Hollow 2018
The kids were out of school today, so we decided to head up into the mountains and do one of our favorite winter hikes – Pine Hollow. This year we had everyone except Jacob (he was working) and we brought along cousin Kate Rowberry. We did Pine Hollow last year with the little kids, and I …
Megan’s Lone Peak Sophomore Season
After much cajoling we managed to talk Megan into at least trying out for the Lone Peak sophomore basketball team. Megan is a gifted athlete and has always been quick and fast, but she wasn’t sure if that would be enough. I told her to win every race the coach threw at the team during …
Fall Dodgers Trip
My brother Matt lives in sunny Long Beach. He managed to talk me and Dad into coming down to watch a Dodgers game. Dad and I found flights for about $160 and headed out on Sunday, Sep 24. The flight was a piece of cake and Matt met us at the Long Beach airport and …
Solo Summit of Mount Nebo
I thought I had a free pass for the day, so I took off to hike Mount Nebo all by myself on Saturday. It was a beautiful day for a hike. The weather was awesome, but the trail wasn’t super busy. I passed a few groups here and there, but I walked for miles without …
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