Utah
May 2010 |
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We joined our friend Eric Harris for a Memorial
weekend trip to Utah. We stayed with Eric's friends, who quickly
became our friends as well. What a wonderful family the Litchfields
are! Join us now as we share our adventures in the Beehive
State. (Why on earth do they call it that?!)
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| Our first tourist activity was a dinosaur museum in Ogden, it was
neat. |
Here I show off my considerable acting skills. |
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| Eric is a better actor than I am |
Happy Casazzas |
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| He'll never find me here! |
Eric laughs in the face of danger |
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| This dinosaur was rescued from a life of
cruelty at a putt-putt course |
Here's a vantage point you never wanted to see! |
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| The Eric's could not understand how anyone
could write such a sign |
Deep thoughts about the dinosaurs |
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| This guy needs a Sam's-sized bottle of wrinkle
cream |
Next we went to a great Greek meal and then
watched the sun set at the capital |
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| Driving up Little Cottonwood Canyon for a cold day of climbing.
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Shawnna has never seen a rock before and is fascinated.
Eric wrote that - I want to mention that it was COLD and I
had on every piece of clothing in the car, which makes me
look tubby in this picture.
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| Perfect granite on the first pitch of the first climb of the day. |
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| Little Cottonwood Canyon |
Across the way |
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| Eric Harris getting psyched for the day. |
We had this place to ourselves as the weather was cold and threatening |
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I am at the belay ready to bring Eric H up so we can do the second |
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pitch of this classic LCC crack.
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| You can barely see Eric C. at the top |
It is almost never a good idea to climb cracks with a broken toe. |
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Eric did not get the memo.
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This smile says, "Gee, my toe hurts."
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| Don't look down... |
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| Rappelling off the second pitch to bad anchors.
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Eric Harris on a 5.10 seeing how small a hold a broken toe can step
on.
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| The two E's after our climbing bit. |
Reunited - I dumped them at the rock to go
shopping |
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| Eric doing his G.Q. thing |
Downtown Park City - it was very quiet that cold
Saturday afternoon |
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| Nice view |
The Litchfield living room made a good hang-out spot |
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| The universal TV face. Annie and Eric
were fast friends. |
Kael, hamming it up for the camera |
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Have you ever seen so many
gray hairs in a beard?! Kael hasn't.
Fortunately, my handsome
husband can carry it off with style.
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Here we are out for a nice dinner - Chip, Desiree, Kael, Ray, Annie, and my
Eric |
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| Now Eric Harris & I get in on a pic |
Eric is tired of having his picture taken now |
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| On Sunday after church we went to Big
Cottonwood Canyon |
Here we are near the top of the canyon |
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| We had a great lunch at the Silver Fork Lodge |
The two Erics are at our table in the center of the
picture |
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We were treated to some close-up hummingbird
interaction while we ate
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| On a "hike" (really an easy walk) we
did along the way |
The guys always have to go off the beaten path |
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| Eric, trying to numb the effects of
yesterday's climbing on that broken toe |
Next we went to the Olympic Park. We saw a guy
doing jumps here. |
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Eric H. and I rode the Zip Rider. It was less dramatic than I
expected.
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| Eric is chillin on the lifts up to the Zip Rider |
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Ready, set...
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Go! |
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The Litchfields treated us to a great evening
of chatting by the fire and enjoying S'mores
for our last night in town. |
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| Eric, doing an elaborate wind-up |
Eric is not believing the Chip's story at all! |
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It was a great trip!
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