Peace & Quiet

We got away for 24 hours to the mountains for some much needed peace and quiet. We reserved (yes, that is required in Utah) a campsite up Little Cottonwood Canyon at Tanner's Flat. A huge thank you to Grammy Hansen for watching the girls while we were away.


Our cozy little tent. The temperatures were still a little on the cool side, with the lows the next morning in the mid 30's. Brrrr.


This photo was taken just a few yards from our campsite. The runoff from the winter snow was definitely in full force.


Stephanie enjoying the campfire. Even though we brought up some firewood, we spent some time gathering twigs and branches on the ground. Needless to say, we had a great fire well into the night and the next morning.




We traveled up the road a mile or two to the White Pines trailhead and did some hiking. Because of Utah's extreme snow year, we were hiking in snow almost the entire way. This required us to find walking sticks for adding traction and support. Eventually the snow won out and we turned around. Some day we will return to complete the trail to the White Pine Lake.