tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32511448789326861842024-02-19T01:38:09.771-08:00Tom and Alice's Most Excellent AdventureTom and Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08914406044957855574noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3251144878932686184.post-20493161307087566772011-10-12T14:37:00.001-07:002011-10-12T14:37:35.662-07:00Second blogI forgot to add the best part. There has also been much golf.<br />
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hiking in the Tetons,<br />
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wild flower viewing (Tetons),<br />
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confronting wildlife (Tetons),<br />
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talking with moose (Mt. Timpanogos, Utah),<br />
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contemplating terminal and lateral moraines (base of the Grand Teton, west side),<br />
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photographing conglomerates, for a certain geology professor (Mt. Ogden, Utah),<br />
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lunching at alpine lakes (Ruby Mountains, Nevada),<br />
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using fire for atmosphere and warmth (Rubies),<br />
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sleeping wherever and whenever possible (naps are good)(Arches National Park, Utah),<br />
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more hiking (Arches),<br />
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visiting Anasazi ruins (Moonhouse Ruin, McCloyd Canyon, Utah),<br />
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with its strange creature painted on the wall,<br />
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and reaching apparent barriers up narrow canyons (upper Fry Canyon, Utah),<br />
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attempting to overcome same,<br />
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and sometimes succeeding,<br />
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and sometimes not (Gravel Canyon, Utah),<br />
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marveling at rock art (San Juan River, Utah),<br />
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(Procession Panel, Butler Wash, Utah),<br />
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what does it mean? (Cold Springs Cave, Butler Wash),<br />
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surviving an early season snow storm on the way to southern Utah to ride the White Rim Trail (Roan Cliffs, central Utah),<br />
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riding the White Rim with Alice and Danny (standing on Mussleman Arch, Canyonlands National Park)(doesn't get better than that),<br />
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day hiking in Yellowstone with the boy,<br />
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(lower falls in the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone),<br />
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road biking with Alice on the Island in the Sky road in Canyonlands,<br />
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and up the old access road to Snow Basin, Utah,<br />
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learning how to ride over cattle guards (Crystal Summit Road, southern Idaho)(turns out, they are not problem if you are going 10 mph or so),<br />
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riding through the wheat fields of south eastern Idaho,<br />
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learning to avoid fresh laid chip and seal the hard way,<br />
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did I mention being with the family?,<br />
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seeing fantastic formations (south fork, Mule Canyon, Utah),<br />
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avoiding forest and range fires (picture taken from Alice's Mom's road in Pocatello, Idaho).<br />
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We are about to leave the West. Should be back in Hamp mid next week.Tom and Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08914406044957855574noreply@blogger.com0