Once again, I'm glad for the chance to be back and filling you in on our happenings. Let's see... Saturday. We took officially longest hike in our family history: 7 miles. It was a beautiful piece of God's artwork, and we were fortunate enough to see plenty of wildlife: squirrels, yellow-bellied marmots, pikas, deer, and even a moose! I have plenty of pictures to post, so, savor the anticipation while you can (it's a valuable lesson applicable to the rest of life!). We reached the end of our trail at a waterfall, enjoying our lunch as we watched the water plunge and storm past. Then, it was back down the path and across the log bridges... oh! and even across a rock face! A certain part of the path had been overflowed by the swollen creek, making it necessary to inch along foothold to foothold over the water below to the dry ground. That night, Dad, Mom, Elissa, Katie, Will, Matt, and I had the fun of an impromptu trip to a local Saturday night rodeo, where we cheered on the the roping, barrel racing, and bull riding.
Today was the scenic drive day, and although we were in the car almost the whole time, you hardly knew it from the views. Again, I can't wait to post the pictures, even if they can't come close compared to viewing them in person. Consider them our travel brochure to you, beckoning out to the West to stay with us! We did take a short hike to Alberta falls, an even prettier waterfall. One of my highlights from that hike was a beautiful Aspen grove that the trail ran through... God's love for beauty is just evident in His creation! The main feature of wildlife for today's trip was definitely the elk, which were in abundance. Before we started home, Dad read us Psalm 104, a truly descriptive passage that correlated perfectly with what we were beholding. (This is also the Psalm that the song "Indescribable" was written from.)
Well, some of us are going swimming now, and I'm going to take on some opponents in racquetball. :)
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