Noche Lake

I love the Uintah's

We started an annual Noche Lake trip with friends. This is our second year. A lot of the boys had been here before, but this is the second time with all our friends.

In normal fashion, the group grew exponentially since last year. Last year there were about 10-15 of us. This year maybe around 30? There were so many tents.

This trip happened at the beginning of summer. I'm just slow putting it up.
Meaning.
I don't really know what to say about it. It was to long ago to remember specifics. I do remember it was enjoyable.

We had to have two fires going some nights because we didn't all fit around one.

Stilling wood from the other fire was forbidden.

This trip is also the anniversary of where they started calling me Trish. I've had a million nicknames over the years, and this one is still sticking. I hate it. The nickname comes from nothing, that's why its aweful.

We also decided to climb a little. There are some routes right off the lake. There were so many of us we weren't able to get that many climbs in, but it was way entertaining watching everyone try to climb.

I don't think I've ever heard "heel hook" be yelled so many times. It was the solution to everything.

Mostly this trip consisted of...

Hanging by the fire, climbing, rolling boulders, listening to Jackson and Chandler tease Andy, great friends, fishing, and a ton of teasing.

Can't wait for next year.

Fun Fun Fun

ZION

I went to Zion, and again, it was great. This time we hiked Birch Hallow twice, then went through the Subway. The first time through Birch Hallow was with just me and Josh. We tied all natural anchors and learned how to do a bunch of new things. It was super fun because we did things, trying to make it harder than it had to be, just so we would learn how.

The second time through it we went with everyone. It was way fun! It was so funny having everyone doing the big repels.


Some of them are really cool. It looks like he's traveling into the deep Abyss.

The first repel is really big so I repelled down with Michelle because she had never done it. It was way funny. We did that for the first two and then she did the rest by herself. It makes it way funnier repelling off a ledge with two people.



Subway.


We played on the slides for awhile. It was super funny watching a lot of the boys get worked on them.


Jumping into one of the first pools. We decided it was more fun to jump into everything instead of trying to get around the pools. It was so hot that it actually felt nice to be in them. Well once you got out and was in the sun again.


Our group for the Subway. Way fun! We had 12 of us go. It was a great group and a great little getaway. Josh, Brandt, Aaron, Michelle, Ryan, Nate, Treq, Marnie, Kenny, Me, Ty, and Tyler.


YELLOWSTONE

I went to Yellowstone with my family. It's what we gave my dad for his father's day gift because he grew up going there a lot with his family. It was fun. We went in Jarred's and Jen's motor home.




UINTAH'S

I went to the Uintah's again. This time was just overnight. We went to Climb. We went up climbed for awhile, ate dinner, then went to bed. Then woke up and climbed some more. They were probably my favorite climbs that I have done so far. They are super cool. It was all sport routes. There were a few 5.9's, a ton of 5.10's, and then some 5.11's. So a perfect range for me right now.

Some guys up here told us not to blog about this spot. So, in honor of them, I'm blogging about it.


These are three of the kids that I climb with all the time. Craig, Greg, and Landon. It's been super great.


BACKYARD

One night when we were bored Josh came up with this idea to do some extreme backyard canyoneering. So, he had me climb a huge tree with no branches to put up a rope. It was really hard, and way tiring. Then a few day's later we strung the rope across the pool to another tree, and we would repel down into the pool. It was super fun.



We also set up a slack line that night. I'm definetly not good at it though.


I also went to the St. Anthony sand dunes just barely. They are up in Idaho. I went with Nate and Aaron and their family, Andy, Sean, Michelle, Brandt, Brig and his wife. I loved it. We had a good crew up with us. I would like to go back soon. We just dirt biked, four wheeled, and rode their awesome dune buggy.

Summer Getaways

LAKE POWELL

At the beginning of summer I went to Lake Powell with a bunch of my friends. Unfortunately my boat caught fire last winter and sunk. Luckily, thanks to Katie and Stain, I was still able to go to Powell this year. There were a lot of us staying on their house boat. It was super fun. We just went for the weekend and it was really great. Perfect weather. Lake Powell is one of my favorite places to go in the world.



ZION

Weird, but I had never been to Zion. I went over a month ago and hiked part of the Narrows, Keyhole, and Angles Landing. It was great. Traci was getting married in St. George so we participated in her wedding, then we went to Zion the rest of the weekend. Traci's wedding was great as well. She looked super cute, and extremely happy. Steve also looked quite handsome. Zion is really pretty. We went early enough in the year that it wasn't as hot as it is other times. I'm not very good at being really hot. Keyhole was freezing though. It was still really deep at that point and a rather cold day. Wetsuits seem a little smarter. It's short enough that it wasn't to big of a deal. The cold water made it way more entertaining because everyone was screaming the whole time and it was really chaotic.

Brynn and myself in Keyhole. Its a really cool slot canyon. If you haven't done one this is a perfect beginner. Early in the year its freezing but as the water drops, and it heats up outside, its not too bad.


CAMPING

I've gone and camped with all my friends a few times in Provo overlooking the valley. Its a perfect place to camp when you are just going over night. Its super close to their houses so it works out great. As you can see its also super pretty.

CLIMBING

I've taken up a new sport this summer. Obviously rock climbing. I've climbed a little bit through out my life, I've just never had people to go with regularly. Last summer I climbed with Traci and Steve a little more often, but not to much. Some of the kids that I went to Bolivia with wanted to get into it as well, so this summer we have all gone a bunch. Its been so much fun. Josh, Ty, and Treq have been coming a lot as well. So almost at any given time you can find someone to go. I love it. I like improving rapidly at something, were as most things I do I remain pretty stagnant. It's been really great, all of us have improved so much in just over a month or so.

UINTAHS

I've been to Uintah's in the winter snowmobiling a bunch, but never really backpacking. So, I consider this my first backpacking trip there. It was super fun. We just went for a weekend and camped, fished, and hiked a little. Way relaxing, and really really great. We hiked in through the snow, which I wasn't expecting or planning for. My feet were real cold. Then it started storming really bad right when we got there and had just put up our tents. So we all hid in our tents. The rest of the weekend ended up being perfect though. I had a lot of fun.

The next really pretty morning.


It was so beautiful in the early morning. The lake was flat and had mist all over it.

I caught, gutted, and ate my first fish here. Most people accomplish this at 10, I got to be 22 when I first did. Still cool though, and gross.

The boys.
Aaron, Nate, Joonku, Sean, James, Stain, Ryan, Tanner,
Chandler, and Jackson

The girls.
Corey, Katie, Me