Fall Break in Susanville

This year I went to visit Aaron and Jacklyn in Susanville for Fall Break. It was a great trip. I loved Susanville. It is a beautiful small town nestled in the mountains. I loved hiking and biking and visiting with Aaron and Jacklyn. My mom also came up and visited for the weekend. We made a little drive to Redding to see Virginia, Cody and Jen. We also got to meet Asher, Cody's son.

It was really nice to drive to Susanville instead of Oroville. It is an hour and a half shorter which was so nice.

The first morning I woke up and went on an awesome bike ride. It was super windy but beautiful. I love biking in new places. It is the best.

 The views of amazing. I realized real quick I could live in Susanville.

I got back to Aaron and Jacklyns and we hopped in their truck and went for a hike. Seriously is there a better way to spend a day. They have so many hiking trails right outside their front door. I love it!

 Then we headed to Reno so they could do their shopping. That took up the rest of the day.

The next morning we woke up and hiked again. Fall was definitely in the air. I loved all the trails by their house.

A couple of GROUPIES.

Moki was in heaven.

Aaron and I also rode mountain bikes while the dogs ran. We raked leaves, made food, shopped and waited for my mom to come.

Saturday we went to Burney Falls on the way to Redding. It was so pretty and a nice little detour. I haven't been there since I was 9.

The falls are beautiful.

The hike was very short but a good way to stretch our legs.

We took a wrong turn on our way there and got to see this awesome dam.

 I wish I had taken pictures of the people we saw in Redding. It was so fun to stop in and visit Virginia and company. We hung out at Cody's for a while and then went to Virginias and played a few games.

I woke up Sunday and drove back to Utah. It was a nice fall break and I was grateful to Aaron and Jacklyn for letting me come visit.

Cross Country

Cross country is so fun to coach. It is hard because it starts the very first day of the school year. I start off the year exhausted but I am so glad I coach. The girls are amazing and work so hard. They are all really great girls and they make coaching so fun.

The weather was great for most of the season. The girls ran amazing!

 Of course the day of the district meet it was 20 degrees and seriously so cold. The girls still ran awesome.

The seventh grade girls that ran in the district meet.

 The eighth grade girls that ran in the district meet.

 The picture does not allow you to realize how freezing it was.

 We had a great season and the girls and boys all ran great.

The Great Outdoors

I had a wonderful fall. I was able to be active outside with so many different people. I enjoyed lots of hiking and biking. The weather finally cooled and fall was awesome this year!

Jeneca Beasley and I biked the WOW trail in Midway. This was a mountain biking trail. It was quite the adventure. We covered 13ish miles.

 The ride was great until I got a flat. I was unprepared and didn't have a way to fix it. So thus started the not so fun part of our adventure, I had to run my bike off the mountain. We got back 30 minutes after dark. Not the best ending but I want to try the trail again. We had fun! Also Jeneca is way better at biking than me:)

Hannah and I hiked Stewart Falls. Once with my students, which was awesome, and another evening after work. The fall colors were awesome.

 Moki loves hiking!

 Anthony and I also made it up to Silver Lake. It was a gorgeous fall Saturday. We hiked from the parking lot to the lake in 55 minutes. We were cruising. It was a fun evening.

I love Silver Lake in the fall. It was an awesome evening!!!

 Moki and I also hiked up Slate Canyon several evenings after cross country practice. I love how close it is and that it is such a great workout!

 The snow fell early in the mountains. There was a clashing of the seasons. We didn't let it stop off from going up there as often as we could.

 I got to go on a couple of bike rides with Andrew. He is a good little bikes. I love biking with him!

 Fall is so beautiful in Utah.

 I also took on a challenge offered by the Provo Recreation Center. It was to bike 300 miles in part of October and November. I am glad I did the challenge. It challenged me to get my bike out when I had pretty much put it away. I got to bike with Julia Stanger, Amber Ellis and Jeneca Beasley. I loved adventuring so much in the fall!

Fall Soccer

Andrew and Emerson played soccer this year!!!!!! It was so fun to go up and watch them play on a few Saturdays. They both loved to practice outside of games as well. I loved playing soccer as a child and it is so fun to watch these boys start to enjoy the sport.

 They both had never played soccer. It was impressive how quickly they improved and caught on to the game.

 Dan also came out to quite a few games.

 Audrey is ready to play as well!!!!!

 They both scored goals in multiple games throughout the season.

 Goof balls.

 The last week.

 

Andrews Soccer Team

 Dan having fun with Audrey

 After the boys last game we went to yogurt. I was actually sad it was over. It was so fun to watch them.

Timpanogos

This fall I would really like to hike a peak a week like I did last fall. The trick is finding people to hike with. Cyndee and I wanted to try to hike Kings Peak again and were planning on going this weekend but the weather was showing thunderstorms so we decided not to go. It was a bummer but we did another peak close to home. Cyndee has never hiked Timpanogos and I hadn't been up there this year so we decided to spend Saturday hiking Timp.

We hiked it differently than I ever have and it was good. We left my house after 7am (late for a Timp hike), stopped at the store and took our tuime getting to the trailhead. Unfortunately there was no parking at the trailhead and we had to park almost a mile away. That was SUPER annoying but I wasn't really tired so it was fine. I thought maybe the peak season was over after Labor Day. I was wrong. There were so many people on the mountain. We started hiking close to 9am I think. The weather was great all day and I say so many people I knew. Like so many people. That was actually really fun. I saw former students, parents of current students, people I play sports with. It was soooo crazy. The mountain was very crowded but it wasn't annoying like it is some years.

Catching our breath at the saddle.

 Then there is that moment when you walk between two points and get a clear view of the shack!!!! You know you are almost there.

 It always feels so good to make it to the top. The views are amazing! Trying to get a selfie with my dog. It is so funny how many people are so impressed that Moki can hike so far. It is funny because I am pretty sure she could do twice the distance without much trouble. The dog is an amazing hiker.

 She is not amazing at pictures.

Even with bribery!

Gotta get a good pictue with the shack.

 It was really cool while we were on top we watched an 80 year old lady summit with a bunch of her family. We all cheered for her when she made it. It was so cool. What an accomplishment.

 The flowers at the lower part of the hike were already dead but once we got to the meadow they were amazing.

 It was a great day on the mountain. I wish I had taken a picture with everyone I saw that I knew. . . next time.

Moki and I are both pretty tired today. We definitely needed the day of rest we observed this sabbath.