Wales and Maple Canyon

Last week was fall break for the kids. I took off both days and wanted to go down to a part of the state Liz and I drove through after a wedding down in that area. We had driven through Chester, Wales, Freedom, and Fountain Green and there were lots of rustic buildings and wide open views. Also near Freedom is a canyon my rock climbing neighbors told me about that I wanted to see. So I grabbed Meagan and Amanda and we left before 7am and got home near noon. It's just under an hour drive from home.

Check out the full gallery and view Wales1-6 and Maple Canyon1-3

This little shack was in the middle of a corral.

This house was on the main road on the corner. Two sides of it were exposed with walls torn away and the morning light made it very interesting.

The next two are views inside Maple Canyon

Aspen Grove

Last week our division went to the Aspen Grove property owned by BYU up behind Timpanogos. Unfortunately the leaves had already changed past their peak but it was still wonderful to get out for an hour or two and enjoy real life. Since the colors were so drab my attention went to other things along the trail.

It had just rained in the morning and luckily the trail wasn't too wet or muddy but it left plenty of evidence behind if you looked carefully.

On the way home, still in the canyon, I saw a hawk sitting on a telephone wire that was just about eye level with my car since the road is raised up so high. I hit the brakes and just missed the entrance to the rest area where I needed to turn off. Nobody was on the road so I went on to the on ramp of the rest area and drove up it the wrong way. (shhh) I walked up as close as I could to Mr. Hawk until he had enough of me and he took off.

Also on the way home, in Salem I saw this wonderful weed growing and made a quick dive to the other side of the road, opened the door, *click*, drove off.