Gunnison Mountain Bike Race and Hiking Mt. Timp

A rainy forecast had me wondering if the Gunnison race was going to be a bust. The pre ride was overcast and delayed for an hour because of lightning. Mark was able to pre ride when it opened back up. 

Mark said this Gunnison course was so fun! There's a climb right at the beginning and then some fun downhill. Merril, Maxine, Jack, and Juliet hiked Mt. Timpanogos. It's like 15 miles. The peak is 11,753 feet and they gained 5,000 feet. Maxine said she was cooked. She's still hurting from a hiking injury.

But they made it!

They saw a mountain goat.

We met them at the hotel in Ephraim. We looked at the new Ephraim temple. It'll be open in a few weeks. The open house starts on Monday. If it was open, I would've run though. Maxine and Jack both had things to do the next day so they drove all the way home. The rest of us stayed at the hotel in Ephraim.

Saturday started overcast again and Juliet and I got there early to help at the registration table. Races started. Merril and the littles showed up around 12:00 p.m. with food but they had just paused for lightning. Juliet and I had been hiding from the lightning in the trailer since we didn't have a car to sit it out. We ran to the car and ate subways with everyone in the car and waited. 

NICA ended up canceling the race and it was a mad dash to clean up before the weather closed in. We got pretty muddy and wet. 

Jack Back at Work

Before Jack left on his mission, he worked at Laub's Feeding and Cubing. It's a hay store that Grandma Campbell's family owns. It's up in the Industrial Park in St. George. He got Talon a job there too. Talon has worked there continually while Jack was gone. Now that Jack's back from his mission, he's working at the hay store again. He mentioned to me yesterday that there isn't a picture that I've taken of him at work. I have pictures of Maxine at work and of Juliet at work. I was in St. George running errands and decided to stop and take pictures of Jack. 

Looking tuff.

Talon was down for smiling too! Love these guys. They look like farmers. 🤩

Yankee Doodle Canyon

Family of Quails

There has been a lot of construction in the desert around our neighborhood. A family of quail moved from the desert into the bushes and trees of the interior streets. It's been a couple of years and the family has grown from a pair of quail and four or five little baby quail to a flock of about 12. They are the cutest things ever running around the neighborhood streets with that goofy little feather on their heads! They make me happy to see them.