Reunion in Downey, Idaho. Hiking at Chery Creek.

Tyler, Rob, and C

Blix, Tyler's funny dog. He got into stinky mud then you will see him taking a bath a couple of pictures down.
Brooke and Tyler.... looking at a gigantic caterpillar bug thing.

Melynda, Sam, and Misky.

Tyson and Tyler.... whoo hoo look at those white legs!!
Me and Rob with C.

This is the bath picture.
Rob and C went for a drive around camp.
Rob and H went on the same ride.
Tyson, Rob, and H. Time to put away the toys. We had a couple of crazy trail rides... balancing on two wheels, driving in the creek, cruising on the dirt roads. What a blast!!

Hiking in Utah just above Kaysville.

Looking out over the Great Salt Lake.

Hiking in Utah just above Layton.

Rob and Dad
Melynda, Sam, Me, Tyson

Melynda and Me
Tyson and Sam dunking their heads in a half home-made "tub".
Sam, Tyson, Melynda, Rob, Me, and Dad

First trip to Bear Lake, Utah-Idaho border

H and Papa taking a break on a short hike outside the cave. This was before we hiked in the cave.
H and Grandma.


We "hiked" 444 (slick, rocky, uneaven) stairs in and out of this cave. C slept 90% of the way. Cool cave... must see at least once.

H road in Grandma and Papa's new car. First time in a convertable.

Dad and I on the beach at Bear Lake... Rob and I were suprise that there was a nice sandy beach there.

hiking at Lake Melakwa 9 miles roundtrip

The large falls where we turned around at a couple of weeks ago. (above)
At the top of the large falls. (above)
We made it to the lake. (below)We found the perfect picnic spot. Across the lake is where the 2 pictures above were taken.


Ok so we finally made it to the lake. It was worth the hike. Our two nieces J and J made the trek with us. It was so cold at the lake but we still sat down for our picnic. A couple of weeks earlier we made it just to the large falls. It was surprising to us that most of the snow was gone reveling wild flowers, new ferns, and baby trees. After 5 1/2 hours and about 9 miles we made it back to the car. We were wiped out. This was our second hike to the lake the first time was back in September of 2002.

We made a pit stop on the way home to Sol Duc hot springs in the Olympic National Park. We hiked about 1.6 miles round trip to the falls. Next time we will have to try the hot tubs.