This past week at work has been crazy busy and stressful, plus I've been really sick. So, it was nice to take a 3 day weekend and go camping at Diamond Fork.
We left at noon on Friday, as cool as can be!
And we found a campsite at Dry Canyon. A private, beautiful place right next to the river, and a mile from the Three Forks Hot Springs trail. Our perfect little spot.
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| We even had our own little waterfall in our backyard. :) |
After setting up camp we went exploring around the area. This small area reminded us of Zions.
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| Yeah, he's the man. |
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| Beautiful and stunning! And the scenery was okay, too. ;) |
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| Always looking to give me flowers. |
We went back to camp to begin dinner and set up our lil home.
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| And...we forgot the car adapter for the air mattress. Good thing Taylor plays French horn! |
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| And figuring out how to start a campfire. Only went through a few dozen matches... Haha! |
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| Our handy dandy campfire griddle! With all-you-can-eat smores! |
At 8:30pm, we decided to head for the Springs. It's an easy 2.5 mile hike, and the trail is very well-maintained, so night hiking is safe. We were also equipped with a lantern and a bright flashlight in Tay's big 'ol backpack.
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| The start of the trail. |
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| Volcanic rocks on the trail |
Made it to the springs just after sunset.
Also, it was a full moon. How much more romantic can you get?
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| Don't let his farmer tan deceive you, he's shirtless. |
There are many different springs with differing temperatures, but the main spring is HOT HOT HOT! The springs looked beautiful! Because we went at night, we had to use someone else's pictures to show what they look like.
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| The upper, hotter springs. |
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| The lower springs. |
After nature's spa, we were back home by midnight.
In the morning we cooked eggs and sausage, and relaxed in our hammock next to the river.
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| Taylor is rinsing the dishes. |
We headed home in the afternoon, feeling sad to leave such fun behind, but happy to have enjoyed a relaxing mini-vacation.
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| Such a beautiful drive too! |
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| It's a good thing we wore our fake wedding rings camping, because the silver was oxidized by the springs and turned black. Cool! |
2 comments:
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Ha ha! You guys are funny! That camping trip looks so fun! Hopefully we can go with you next time! We know we are in good hands with the Eagle Scout! :) Love you guys! Mom
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