Da two Utes

Our friends Randy and Ali are staying with us until they can find a place here in UT. Yep, they're becoming Utahn's!

The newest additions to the great state of Utah

Saturday I got out of work early so we made a plan to go on an afternoon hike. I thought it would be cool to take them up American Fork Canyon, and do some hiking on Mt. Timp. I know a dirt road that wraps around Timp, and there's a big rock slide area that looked clear and easy enough to hike. Above the slide it looked like they're were some gully's that would lead up to the top ridge of Timp.

It's too bad there's no good views in Utah...

As we started hiking we were in good spirits, heavily debating the differences between a 'chute' and a 'couloir'... we decided the difference was minimal and Canada sucks.

SNOW!!! we went up to the chute to the right of the snow

As we made our way up the rocks got looser and looser, and the terrain got steeper and steeper. Before long we were fighting for traction, afraid we'd slide all the way down to the car. About this time we spotted some Mountian Goats, so we pressed on. They had no trouble getting traction... must be why they're called MOUNTAIN Goats and we're just 'bipeds'.

Big Goat, Little Goat... couloir?

We got as high as we dared, to the bottom of the gulley, and headed back down. The treck back down was nerve racking, doing more 'controlled sliding' than hiking... but we made it down safely. We ate our sandwiches as the sun set, and we headed home.

D-Rocket is all smiles at sunset

Beats sitting in the house, that's for sure! Welcome to Utah Randy and Ali :-)

Night falls on the Wasatch