Our Mount Timpanogos hike

I realize that it looks like all we do is go on hikes.  That's not really the case.  However, I don't mind people assuming that I'm a physically active person.  : /

The top of Mount Timpanogos is something like 12,000 ft.  We began our hike the evening of Thursday the 22nd.

DAY 1

Mt. Timpanogos.

Joseph's pack was bigger than he was.  Unfortunately (for Joseph) we only have one pack... so he carried both of our stuff.  I carried a little backpack of a couple water bottles and food.  He did a super good job though.  It really worked out though, Joseph carrying 60 lbs of stuff and me 10 lbs made it so we needed breaks at the same time.

So for the first couple of miles of the hike there were a load of little waterfalls the crossed the trail.  It was really neat and very pretty.  AND when we were running low on water on our way back down we stopped and filled up at one of the falls.  The water was freezing and it only had a little bit of dirt.

For one of our breaks we stopped in Stuart Falls.  It was a cool, we got to sit behind the waterfall and eat some snacks.  BUT in order to get there we had to climb up this..

...a rock slide.  We were pretty sure we were following the trail, but this thing was really difficult to climb up, not to mention really long.  I guess it was a nice detour.  Nice in the sense that I was tired and ended up rock climbing for no reason.  Fortunately the actual trail was near by.

The sun was going down, and we weren't anywhere near our camp site.  

DAY 2

By the time we got to our camp site the sun was completely down.  But the moon was SO bright!  We didn't even use flashlights because everything was so lit up.  I've never been so happy in my LIFE to see a little rocky meadow.  However I also don't remember ever seeing a rocky meadow before.

After meeting up with our friends, we set up our tent, ate dinner and went to sleep.  As you can see by this picture of Joseph, the caterpillar look really helped out because it was freezing!

Number one, this was the view from our tent.  Number two, yes that's snow.

Ah, our little hill in the meadow.  It was really pretty at night, but EVEN better in the daylight.  

Our original plan was to hike 5 1/2 miles the first day and do the 2.1 miles the second day to the summit. But on our start of day 2, we both realized just how much pain we were both in.  And we decided that getting all the way down the mountain was more important than actually completing the hike.  GOOD THING TOO, because when we FINALLY got to the car I could barely move my legs.  And when we got home my hip hurt so much that even laying down hurt.  And the next day we were to sit in the car for 17 hours!  Ah, that was a memorably painful time.  But a good hike nonetheless.  I learned just how hard I can push myself.  

Maybe next time I'll get all the way to the top.