Red Ledges

Our Idaho cousins are here for a visit this week. It is always great when they come down because it gives us an excuse to go and do things that we don't ordinarily do.

Today was one of those days. We went to a place called Red Ledges. It was up Spanish Fork canyon about 25 minutes from Missy's house. It was gorgeous. The terrain was completely different than the normal mountains. It looked as if we had traveled to St. George or somewhere in Arizona with the red rocks and unusual formations.

It was the perfect place to hike and explore. There were people there repelling down the side of the cliffs which was fun to watch. We counted and hunted over 30 lizards which is always entertainment in and of itself. We attempted to climb up a mountain which was "fun" with so many little kids. We had a great time until we saw some snakes. A few of us are not so fond of them so we headed back down. We ended up seeing 2 different varieties of snakes.

A car stopped to tell us that a black bear cub had just been spotted about a block away. The kids thought that would be cool to see but we had no luck. I was glad because if it was a baby cub then there had to be a protective mother around somewhere.

We have had an amazing spring/summer. Here we are in the second week of June and are still in the low 70's. It is great for hiking and playing outside. Everything is greener than normal and the flowers this year are spectacular. It was a perfect day to be in nature.