Hmmmm....lets see...we woke up late again (by late i mean 8am). The weather had done a 180 degree turnaround from the day before, it was cold and wet and windy. We had planned to go see the ski slopes at Snowbird, instead Naagesh, R and I drove up to the ski slopes at Solitude and Brighton about 30 minutes from home. It reminded us a lot of Snoqualmie Falls near Seattle. We drove thru the area and took a little hike. We came back at 11.45 and then all of us left at 12.30pm for Timpanogos Falls. We got there at 1.30 and hiked up the mountain, a 1 1/2 mile trek to the top at a 20-25 degree incline all the way to the top. The rain which had been pouring since we left home miraculously stopped and it was perfect hiking weather, about 50 degrees or so. It was a fairly strenuous hike...we got to the top about 2.30pm and had a guide take us through the caves. It was fabulous. We left after an hour and trekked down and got to the base by 4.30. By then we were totally exhausted and famished after having hiked 4 miles so we stopped at Olive Garden on the way home for a fat filled carb laden dinner and rounded it off with Tiramisu that was yum! Just got back now at 7.15pm. R and I will now look at the map to decide the route to take tomorrow to Yellowstone Park.
Bad news....Yellowstone is expecting 6-9 inches of snow tonite and tomorrow morning and hazardous driving conditions are forecast. So in the interest of time we have to ditch it....after 21 years in Seattle and always planning a trip there, we were so excited at finally being able to see it...i guess its not in our immedite fate to see it. Oh well, maybe next year.
So, instead we are going via Colorado and stopping at Rocky Mountains tomorrow night. We figured since we are on the road and virtually driving thru Colorado on our way to Rapid City, we may as well see something else. We plan to head out about 9am or so.
More pics taken today
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