August and September 2020

Out for a morning walk in Big Sky:

Later that day...

Hot tub party:

Yellowstone hike up to that geyser basin:

At the geyser basin:

Grand Canyon of Yellowstone:

Bear!

Coyote:

Mountain goat:

Ella's birthday waiting to happen:

Made by Ailie and Claire (note the unicorn guzzling Skittles in the corner):

A fitting drink for a Peach's day:

Birthday treats:

Outline of Callum's bottom when he got hold of the salt shaker:

First day of school:

Claire playing soccer (the glasses problem was resolved later because of these photos):

Max's first day of Kindergarten the following week:

Off he goes!

An evening hike I did in Little Cottonwood up to Devil's Castle and Sugarloaf Mountain. Here's Devil's Castle:

Sugarloaf Peak:

Though early September, there was that weird temperature drop we had. Frozen trees:

View (North) back down to Cecret Lake:

View the other way (South) from the ridge (Pittsburg Lake below):

Approaching Devil's Castle:

View back the way I came from the top (10,920 ft):

Mountain goat friend on the way down:

Mount Timpanogos in the distance:

The top of Sugarloaf Peak (11,051 ft):

Sun beginning to set in Little Cottonwood:

Selfie from the top of Sugarloaf Peak:

Back to Cecret Lake as the sun sinks even lower:

Mama moose and her twins:

One of Eleanor's treat stashes:

Aaaaand the other one, discovered when I went to put the other shoe on:

Very much in the Halloween spirit:

A note Max left under his pillow (I LOST A TOOTH BAT I CAT FID IT):

Max's birthday piñata:

Hiking to the summit of North and South Medina Peaks (the next two tallest peaks after Deseret Peak). A shot of neighboring Deseret Peak as we ascend to South Medina (that's my friend Michael):

View from South Medina Summit (10,685 ft):

North Medina Summit (10,521 ft):

View of the way we came from North Medina—middle peak is South Medina:

Ailie's birthday emergence (arranged by Max and Claire):