Hike 2: Skull Crack Trail

sorry it's taken forever to continue with the hike posts...

My sister and I did this hike over a month ago. When we got to the trail head and I pulled my camera out I realized I had forgotten my memory card. My camera doesn't take pictures unless you have a memory card. sad. i cried. not really...we hiked anyway. So this trail is very deceiving...online it says that from beginning to end there is only a 100 foot difference...they forgot the mention of the 700 foot climb and descension inbetween.

The story has it that James Slater and Marinus Johansen were up the Canyon hunting many years ago. One of the mules became unruly so Johansen hit the mule over the head with his gun barrel. He cracked the mule's skull, thus, we have Skull Crack Canyon.

I finally had a chance to go back up to Causey Reservoir and I decided to take some pictures of the area.

Check it out.

I have been super busy lately...
between helping my family clean out our basement, playing with my nephew, and taking pictures for these cute families.

I have sneak peeks of their family photo sessions on my photography blog if you want to check it out.

Oh and I finally finished editing the pictures from a wedding that i shot over a month ago...

Schuyler Fisk finally has a CD!!

Schuyler Fisk

(pronounced Skyler)

So most of you have probably heard her music around, but not really known who she was. She is also an actress and daughter of Sissy Spacek. I have loved her voice since I first heard it on a movie she starred in called "I'm Reed Fish" and wanted to purchase a CD then, but one didn't exist. I heard her again on a couple of songs from "Penelope" so I bought the soundtrack so I could have some of her music. Last night I found that she now has a CD so I downloaded the album and I am loving it.

My Funky Camera.

I came across the website myfunkycamera.com while browsing for a new camera neck strap. I absolutely love the neck straps on this site. The woman actually makes all of the neck straps. It is not a commercial company, just her making them individually. When she runs out of a particular fabric pattern she buys another and creates a new design. She has about 20 designs currently. This is a picture of the neck strap that I purchased and I can't wait to get it.

The most productive Saturday ever!

Anyone that knows me well knows that this picture explains me perfectly.

So this was my day...

1. Woke up at 9 A.M.
2. 9:15 Mowed my parents lawn and grandpa's lawn.
3. Vacuumed all the bugs out of the windows.
4. Washed all the outside windows at my parents house.
5. Washed 3 cars.
6. Fixed the shelf that fell down in the basement.
7. Took all the screws out of the wall in the room we are fixing. (post to come on this)
8. Talked to my friends and planned my camping/boating trip to Oneida next weekend.
9. Played with my nephew.
10. Packed stuff to go to D.I.
11. Checked online to see when the D.I. donation place closed.
12. Drove to Ogden since the internet said it didn't close until 10 P.M.
13. Found out it had closed at 6 P.M.
14. Drove back home.
15. Taped up the wall board my dad put in the room we are fixing.
16. Did all of my laundry.
17. Put together a jumparoo for my nephew.
18. Did I mention played with my nephew.
19. Stayed in my "pajamas" all day. (t-shirt and capri work out pants that I slept in)
20. Lauged when my mom gave the dog a whole hot dog and he tried to hide it under her pillow.
20. Blogged about my day.

Overall this has been the most productive day this whole summer!

Hopefully tomorrow I can actually catch up on all the blogging I've been meaning to do.

Hike 1: Indian Trail.

I have decided that I am going to do something fun and productive on my day off...which is Friday. My co-worker (Jody) and I have decided to go on a hike every Friday. Jody chose the Indian trail up Ogden Canyon for this weeks (actually last week) hike. Definitely would not have been my choice of a first hike, but Jody has gone on many hikes this summer so this is what I had to suffer. I actually enjoyed it though, and very beautiful view!

THE INDIAN TRAIL

Winding along the mountainside above the Ogden River, this high country trail rises 1,000 feet in its 4.2 mile length. Indian Trail is so named because the western segment follows an earlier path blazed by Native Americans who wanted to avoid the narrow mouth of Ogden Canyon when the river was high.

THE END!

(ok, this wasn't really the end of the hike...just my blog post.)

Stay tuned for Hike 2: Skull Crack Trail.

I think I'm in love...

with my new camera lens! Yesterday I bought a new Nikon DX AF-S Nikkor 55-200mm lens...a zoom lens.

And these are the reasons why...

I can take pictures of my cute little nephew from 8 feet away and still get this close. If I were this close with my normal lens he would stare at the camera the whole time. There are many other reasons that I love my new camera lens, but this trumps any of them.