Summer 2011

Here is a brief summary of what we did over our 7 week break from school, complete with pictures!!  As Jaren would say, we "had 13 weeks worth of trips planned for the 7 week break," which is probably true, but, as you guessed, we could only do 7 weeks of fun.  So here it is:

• July 22: School is out for the summer!
• July 26-29: Hell's Canyon of the Snake River rafting trip.  MyKel's first multi-day whitewater adventure!!
• August 1-6: Lower Salmon River rafting trip, complete with 63 people (mostly Boy Scouts). Colby lost his camera after this trip so we have no pictures from the last two river trips. Sad.
• August 8-13: Wedding prep for Crystal in Colorado, including a front yard makeover.  Crystal is married on the 13th.  

The whole family on Crystals and Taylor's wedding day

• August 14-21: More fun with the John's in Colorado, including Halo, hiking Pike's Peak, and a 3 day camping trip to Mesa Verde National Park in SW Colorado!  

Colby, Spencer and my dad hiking Pikes Peak! 13 Miles to the top.

Almost to the top of Pikes Peak 14,110 ft. 

  

Tight spaces that the Anasazi squeezed into



Cliff Palace. One of the largest preserved places of the Anasazi

The Anasazi had to scale cliffs to get anywhere! Scary.

My dad coming out of the ruins through a tunnel of the Anasazi. It was a tight squeeze for everyone :)



• August 21-24: MyKel and I visit 4 corners, Moab, and Arches National Park in Utah, and Al and Jorinne in Burley, Idaho.  We do a ton of shopping in Twin Falls for the Middle Fork trip, then head up to Stanley.  

Colby at the four corners :)



Stopped on our way to Moab. Almost there!



Finally made it!

Balancing Rock in Arches National Park



Shoshone Falls by Twin Falls, ID

The double arches. These are our favorite!
They are the highest in the park!



 

• August 25-31: Middle Fork of the Salmon River trip, one of the best multi-day trips in the world.  Had a great time and caught lots of fish. Not to mention the great hot hot-springs! We also stopped at Red Fish Lake, and Stanley Lake to look around with Donny and Alyssa. We did not have a waterproof camera for the, but here are some pictures from others.                          

Pistol Creek Rapid

Just some of the many beautiful Hot-springs!

Colby caught so many fish! I think this trip alone was about 66 fish

Emily (sweet girl on the trip) and I

• September 1-2: We stay with Jaren in Moscow, Idaho and visit the University of Idaho campus.  Then, we head up to Cour d' Alene for some rock climbing and fun with Logan and Rachel Hazard and their 3 kids.  We really had fun, but did not take any pictures which is a shame because it was beautiful!
• September 3-5: We stay with Grandpa and Grandma Sager in Helena, then drive back to Rexburg on Monday evening. Grandma took us Sapphire hunting. It was fun and we found some!

• September 6-11: We spend the week at home, working on resumes, researching graduate schools, and hanging out.  We go camping with our friends Denton and Taylor on Friday night.