For those of you in UT you know how bad the air quality has been. When we woke up on Saturday morning, we knew that we had to get out of the city. We went to our usual place....Heber/Midway & it was beautiful! Blue, sunny skies (we couldn't even see the sun in SLC) & warm enough that we only needed two layers. We hiked along the Provo River for a few miles & fished along the way.
Liam and Dad going off the path to fish a secret spot. Liam (who normally refuses to hike) hiked at least 75% by himself. We were super impressed because the path was difficult.
Our 1st view of the river....G is not in the pic because he was in a backpack on my back.
George screamed & screamed until Matt took him out in the water. When we fish in the summer we usually fish areas with really shallow spots & G just stands in the water at our feet. He didn't understand why he couldn't do it this time.
Matt & Liam watching for rising fish
Starting the hike back to the car....meaning five minutes when I wasn't carrying G.
A fishing outing wouldn't be complete without an insect lesson from dad. The boys picked which rock they wanted Matt to get out of the river and Matt flipped it over & explained the difference between drake nymphs and caddis & midge larva.
We hit the Midway Ice Castles before heading home. A guy from Northern California started building these for his family in his backyard until the whole neighborhood started coming by...he's expanded the project and now for a few bucks the whole family can run around a bunch of ice caves just like the one on the planet Hoth...you know the planet where Luke cuts off the snowmonster's arm with his lightsaber
How cool are those ice caves! I am dying for so,e Texas toast! We totally use the code in our house too and it makes it seem more exciting. Can't wait. Your midway adventure makes me miss ut!
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