Beautiful June

This year Curt and I were once again leaders on our stake's 4th year hike. It's our fourth 4th year hike together. We went to Naturalist Basin in the Uinta Mountains. We've been here before with our family and it was fun to go back to the same beautiful country. We packed approx. 6 miles in, set up camp, did a 5 mile loop the next day, then left on the third day.

 I wish my camera could capture depth better. This is so much steeper and dramatic than the picture shows.

This group of girls did really well. Only one had backpacked before, but no one complained. I did ask some of the girls on our second night if they would go backpacking again.
"No!" they all agreed.
"Okay," I said, "what if in the future a really cute boy said he was getting a group together to go backpacking and..."
 "Yes, yes, we would definitely go then!"
When you're fifteen, everything's better with boys.

I came home from the backpacking trip, slept in my bed for 3 nights, then went to girl's camp for the next four days. Here is the tent that Erin and her friend decorated as part of their YCL (Youth Camp Leader) duties. The thought of decorating a tent about sent Kevin into shock. Girl's camp is NOTHING like Scout camp.  He should have already realized this when he's heard us talk about the food and seen the crafts that have been brought home in years past.

The morning after camp, Curt, Camille, Rachel and I left for the Graf reunion in Pine Valley. Here are all the Garry Graf family that attended.

Here's a group of Sylva and Sylvan Graf's grandchildren.  Visiting with everyone and seeing relatives that we haven't seen in years was a lot of fun. Many more group pictures were taken and will be posted on a private Facebook page set up by one of the cousins.

A tour of the old Pine Valley chapel was a treat. I had been to church here a few times and didn't realize that it had been restored recently. This building is one of the oldest operating chapels in the church.

The next day we headed out to Bluff, Utah, by way of Monument Valley.

 Goosenecks State Park and the San Juan River. This country is rugged, desolate, and extremely beautiful.