Sound of Music Canyon

This morning after breakfast, Mom, Dad, and Marilyn drove into West to do a little shopping. I went out for a bike ride up Willow creek canyon. The butterflies have been amazing! There are butterflies all over! We've seen all sorts of sizes Nd colors. Mylissa stayed home with the kids and put Caleb down for a nap. The kids have loved playing "school" out in Elaine's 9 man tent. It's huge but it does get a little hot for the kids. We've had incredible weather. I'm actually hoping for a good thunderstorm but I don't think it's going to happen. Just as I was heading out on a four wheeler ride with the boys, Dad and Mom pulled in the driveway. So we turned around and helped unload the car and waited until Dad was ready to go. 

Dad, Maddy, Chase, Bridger and I headed out and went up the "sound of music" canyon (canyon 42, or Keg springs canyon). At the end of the trail, we got out and walked around and took a few pictures. The view is spectacular! Dad sat down on a rock to look at a map. Bridger found a geocache box hidden under some rocks. We took it out and looked inside. There was a journal book so we signed our names. The kids were very excited to sign their names in the book. The kids left some snacks in the box. Then they hid it back under the rock. Dad was excited to find Blair lake one the map. Once the trail ends, you can hike about 2 miles up and over the mountain and then you supposedly see this hidden lake.












On the way back home, we stopped and found the "spring kegs" that the animals drink out of. The kids were fascinated with the spring. Dad, Chase and Bridger took big drinks out of the spring. I sure hope they don't get sick. Tonight the kids wanted to have a movie night so we watched "despicable me." I was typing in my journal when Chase came over to talk to me. He looked out the back windows and got all excited and shouted "moose!!!!" Sure enough, a mommy and a baby moose walked right through the back yard just past the rocks. We all jumped up and ran to the windows to watch them. Unfortunately they moved quickly so we couldn't watch them for by long. So Dad, Marilyn and I jumped in the car to see if we could find them but we didn't. How great to see a moose right in the back yard! Tonight we're waiting up for the C's and Matt to arrive. Matt had some extra errands to do today so they didn't leave until 5:00pm. We can't wait for them to get here. It's almost midnight so I'm hoping they get here soon.