Showing posts with label fall break. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fall break. Show all posts

Monday, October 17, 2022

Fall Camping Trip 2022

For the past four days I have been on a fall camping trip with my family up at the property and it has been so much fun!  My brother-in-law Trent and I went up Thursday and decided to take the scenic route through Big Cottonwood Canyon over Guardsman Pass into Midway in order to see the fall foliage.  The views were amazing!
Once we got to the property in Tabiona, we took the side by side on a few trails.  I'm getting better at driving it!
There are so many trails to explore!  I always have to make a stop at my favorite rock formation!
Kristine, Tashena, Trent's sister, his two nieces, and his niece's three kids (who were adorable) came up Friday afternoon.  We drove to a little town called Bluebell (in the middle of nowhere) for a really great corn maze with lots of other fall activities (I loved the pumpkin launching).  We got dinner there and I had my first caramel apple of the season!
On Saturday Trent made one of his famous breakfasts on the griddle and then we had a lot of fun playing games and sitting around the fire.  The kids made s'mores and we roasted brats over the fire for dinner.  It was wonderful.
I slept each night in the trailer and, as always, I really loved it.  I am so grateful that Trent and Kristine let me stay in it whenever I want!
By Sunday afternoon I was tired, dirty, sunburned, and everything I brought up smelled like smoke.  In other words, it was a really great trip!  It was really hard to come back home!

Sunday, October 21, 2018

Crazy Corn Maze

Sean and I have been planning to go to a corn maze for quite a while and we finally had a chance to go last night (we made a little detour to the pumpkin patch that is close by).  I have been going to this corn maze for many years now (once my friend Tony and I had to pay an attendant $5.00 to get us out of it) but this year it didn't seem as much fun.  The maze was really easy.  In fact, Sean and I made it through in about 20 minutes.  There were lots of little kids and strollers (the bane of my existence) and there seemed to be a lot of side activities geared more to small children.  Sean is such a good sport but we've decided that we want to find a different maze that is more complicated next year.  It was still really fun to spend time with him and I did get to cross off another item from my fall bucket list!

Pumpkin Patch

Sean has decided that we will be carving pumpkins next Sunday (we usually carve them on the Sunday before Halloween except for that one time).  He had his Mom buy a bunch of kits so we just needed the pumpkins.  Last night he and I went to Schmidt's Pumpkin Patch which is near my old house.  There were tons and tons of people there but we found a relatively empty area.  Sean meticulously picked pumpkins for himself, me, Tashena, and Marilyn (he picked a 20 pound pumpkin for Marilyn because she loves carving them).
I'm really glad that Sean still loves all of our holiday traditions!

Dutch Oven Cook Out

I really love cooking outdoors in Dutch ovens but I haven't done it for a long time.  I thought fall would be the perfect time to make a fruit cobbler.  I went to one of my favorite picnic sites in Millcreek Canyon Friday afternoon and made some.  The recipe is so easy!  In a 10-inch Dutch oven, pour a can of pie filling in the bottom (you can use any fruit that you like but I used cherry in this cobbler), then sprinkle a yellow cake mix over the fruit, and pour a 12 oz can of lemon lime soda over that.  Place the Dutch oven on some charcoal briquettes and then place 10-12 briquettes on top of the lid.  Let it cook for about 45 minutes or until it is bubbly.  I packed a lunch and read my book while it cooked and it was so nice to be in the canyon.  The temperature was brisk but not too cold (there were a lot of people hiking in the canyon) and I loved walking through all of the leaves on the ground.
It was such a nice afternoon.  The cobbler was absolutely delicious and I got to check off another item on my fall bucket list!

Fall Drive

Thursday morning I happened to be in American Fork getting my car serviced so I decided to take advantage of the opportunity to drive the Alpine Loop between American Fork Canyon and Provo Canyon.  It is one of my very favorite fall drives and it was just beautiful.  The temperature was brisk but not too cold and the smell of decomposing leaves was intoxicating.  I had a lovely time driving the switchbacks with the window rolled down and I got to check another item off my fall bucket list!
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