Stunning!
That is all that I kept saying to myself as I hiked up to Dog Lake in Millcreek Canyon this morning. The foliage is simply stunning!
Last week we hiked up Elbow Fork but the colors hadn't changed that much from the week before. This week there was a big difference. The higher we got, the more vibrant the Aspens were.
My sister-in-law, Kalita and my niece, Konni and their 3 dogs (Ivy, Harley and George) were my hiking companions for today's outing. The weather couldn't have been any more delightful. It was about 50 degrees and you can see from the pictures that the sky was sunny and stunningly blue.
We passed quite a few hikers -- mostly on our way down since we got a relatively early start going uphill.
Most of the trail is a steady uphill terrain with a very few sections that level off for 25 feet or so before heading uphill again. The trail is mostly just dirt and tree roots and some small rocks so it doesn't trip you up very much. It winds through spruce pine trees and douglas firs and aspens. We crossed over two 10 foot-long bridges with a small creek running along alot of the trail. We probably hiked about 4 miles total. The lake was perfectly still with the sky and the clouds and the golden aspens reflecting on the surface... until Kalita's black lab jumped in for her morning workout! Ivy probably spent a good 15 minutes swimming and diving and chasing after sticks that Kalita threw in to the water for her to retreive. I was content to just watch from the shoreline.
I've got my fingers crossed that these precious, perfect fall hiking days are going to continue for a few more weeks. I'm just not ready to admit that shortly everything will turn from green, yellow, orange and red to WHITE!
2 comments:
Aren't our canyons beautiful? We are so lucky to have such gorgeous mountains close by and we've had great weather to enjoy hiking!
Wow, you are so lucky to live in such a beautiful place. Fall is just lovely in Utah.
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