!i! My Crazy Idea !i!
I had a crazy idea and was looking for an adventure. There is a walking park on Wasatch Blvd and about 11400 S. From this park, there is a hike that leads up to the Bonneville Shoreline trail. Apparently this trail spans from Idaho to Santaquin. Since we live on South Mountain (about as far south as the homes go), surely if we followed this trail, it would lead us home! So that's what I wanted to try: parking at the walking park and combing the mountains until we got home.
CRAZY IDEA...especially in temperatures that soar into the three digits! But I knew it could be done...and I knew that we could do it. AJ is a supporting husband and went along with my crazy idea.
We started our hike with the most nutritious breakfast: McDonalds! Who cares? We were going to burn those calories off right?
The first part of the hike was great! The sweet smell of morning lingered in the air. The birds were chirping and since our hike began on the East Bench, the sun had not yet crossed over the mountains enough to blast us away...YET.
We made great progress. We scanned the view getting our barrings. We would notice the major streets and be able to determine how far we had gone. We passed the occasional hiker and biker.
We passed small rivers and streams that I didn't even know existed. We came upon a bridge in the draper area that had a motion camera. On the bridge was posted some photos the camera had caught: a Mountain Lion roaming the area back in 2011!
We continued on our way. Then we got to the corner canyon trails. Here, the trail breaks off into other small trails or you can continue on the main trail. We kept hiking. By now, the sun was blazing and my hips were starting to ache and I could feel a blister coming on.
We continued hiking. The corner canyon area made me feel like we weren't making any progress at all. As we had to comb the edge of the mountain, there were so many little inlets and outlets that we had to follow. At one point, I surely thought we were headed to Utah County and then what would we do? But we kept hiking.
We passed the temple and the gigosphorous mega-houses and continued hiking. Surely were were getting close! By now, the sun was directly on us and it was easily 90 degrees. I wasn't sure how long my muscles would hold up, but if I stopped moving, it was much harder to start moving again. We continued hiking.
Eventually, the Bonneville Shoreline Trail led us to Traverse Mountain Road which is a pretty busy street. At this point, we followed the road downward for the last leg of our hike. The sun was blazing, our muscles were aching, and we felt like we were inhaling the pollution of all the passing cars.
At last...we crossed through a neighborhood, climbed a fence, and we had made it home. We had hiked a total of 8 miles in a little under 3 hours! We had conquered my crazy idea and we had survived. I guess we're all a little tougher than we think!
CRAZY IDEA...especially in temperatures that soar into the three digits! But I knew it could be done...and I knew that we could do it. AJ is a supporting husband and went along with my crazy idea.
We started our hike with the most nutritious breakfast: McDonalds! Who cares? We were going to burn those calories off right?
The first part of the hike was great! The sweet smell of morning lingered in the air. The birds were chirping and since our hike began on the East Bench, the sun had not yet crossed over the mountains enough to blast us away...YET.
We made great progress. We scanned the view getting our barrings. We would notice the major streets and be able to determine how far we had gone. We passed the occasional hiker and biker.
We passed small rivers and streams that I didn't even know existed. We came upon a bridge in the draper area that had a motion camera. On the bridge was posted some photos the camera had caught: a Mountain Lion roaming the area back in 2011!
We continued on our way. Then we got to the corner canyon trails. Here, the trail breaks off into other small trails or you can continue on the main trail. We kept hiking. By now, the sun was blazing and my hips were starting to ache and I could feel a blister coming on.
We continued hiking. The corner canyon area made me feel like we weren't making any progress at all. As we had to comb the edge of the mountain, there were so many little inlets and outlets that we had to follow. At one point, I surely thought we were headed to Utah County and then what would we do? But we kept hiking.
We passed the temple and the gigosphorous mega-houses and continued hiking. Surely were were getting close! By now, the sun was directly on us and it was easily 90 degrees. I wasn't sure how long my muscles would hold up, but if I stopped moving, it was much harder to start moving again. We continued hiking.
Eventually, the Bonneville Shoreline Trail led us to Traverse Mountain Road which is a pretty busy street. At this point, we followed the road downward for the last leg of our hike. The sun was blazing, our muscles were aching, and we felt like we were inhaling the pollution of all the passing cars.
At last...we crossed through a neighborhood, climbed a fence, and we had made it home. We had hiked a total of 8 miles in a little under 3 hours! We had conquered my crazy idea and we had survived. I guess we're all a little tougher than we think!
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