Monday, September 14, 2009

a great birthday

Arthur and Astrid got me this awesome tent for my birthday. We decided to go camping over Labor Day weekend but all of the designated camping spots up Little Cottonwood Canyon were taken. Arthur's back up was a little meadow about a mile (1/2 hour hike) from Albion Basin.
As we were settling down for the night we heard what we thought was a dog barking, but then realized that it just couldn't be. All night we thought it was wolves and it made for a sleepless night for me (better me than Astrid).


But, we did wake up to this view, which didn't last very long. Two minutes after this picture was taken, it started to POUR. We waited about half an hour in the tent and then made a break for the car when the rain let up a bit.


We later found out that the wolf/dog noises we heard were actually a pack of coyotes that hang out in this meadow.

3 comments:

Lukas Sanchez said...

great pics. keep em coming

Grammie YaYa said...

How cool to sleep next to the coyotes :)
Did mija like your tent better?????

Ryan Christensen said...

Hey Arthur - You didn't want to try that awesome spot right off the road in BCC? You'd have to remember to sweet talk the ranger about his Ford Expedition though. Melissa and I are eager to take the kids camping. We took Keira once in Joe's on a climbing trip but not both yet.
-Ryan