Friday, December 3, 2010

Thanksgiving

So! This Thanksgiving break we decided that hanging around freezing-cold Provo was just soooo lame, and that a nice backpacking trip to warmer climes down south (Zion's National Park) would be most enjoyable.

We expected this:













Instead we got this:














And this:














And this:














But not this:













The plan was to stay three nights, but the backcountry ranger showed us the weather forecast, the most interesting part being a high of 17 on Wednesday. So we decided to skip out Tuesday evening. Even so, we got to enjoy a low of about 5 degrees Monday night. My camera's battery died that night, so Shtee will have to provide the photographic evidence after that.

Monday morning:














A tree:



















View from Monday night campsite (Shtee's camera):














What we are looking at (seriously):



















The end.
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3 comments:

  1. ScottDecember 3, 2010 at 12:54 PM

    Weak sauce. I've seen better

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  2. UnkaDaveDecember 3, 2010 at 6:04 PM

    Cool pictures! Sounds like a good trip anyway. Love the contrasting pictures.
    Probably a good call to bag and return. Better to be home wishing you were there than to be there wishing that your left foot wasn't frostbitten and necrotic or whatever.

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  3. LauraDecember 7, 2010 at 9:39 AM

    Dude. That is so freaking awesome. I am proud to call you my brother. (Oh, and I'm 100% jealous as well.)

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