3 of 3 on 8/8/08: Camping on Squaw Peak

Colin, Ian, Andrew, and I went camping up on Squaw Peak. It was Ian's first time camping and Colin's third. Incidentally, the first time Colin went camping, we stayed at the camp site right next to the one we ended up staying at this time. We didn't do much. We ate, had a fire, and did cool guy things.
Here's a cool guy thing:
Here is a fire picture I took.
After staying up late and getting up relatively early, the kids were pooped!
We came home smelling (and looking) like firefighters!

2 of 3 on 8/8/08: Dividend, Utah

In the afternoon, Colin, Ian, Mom, Ninny, Grandpa, and I went for a drive to Eureka, Utah and Dividend, Utah. Dividend used to be a mining outpost outside of Eureka, but it has long been defunct. There isn't much story to tell here. There are pictures, though.
There were lots of dilapidated buildings.
Here are the water towers. They say "Tintic Standard." I believe this was the name of the mining company.
It was a bit dangerous walking around, because there were many nails sticking out of old boards.
There were large piles of sulfur-smelling mine tailings.
My Mom said it was poetic when I said this thing looked like a dinosaur.
I don't know about poetry, but it was a cool trip. Both times I have been to Dividend, I have not seen another soul. It is a great drive to take if you are looking for a unique trip near Utah County.

1 of 3 on 8/8/08: Bushwhacking behind Timp

I have always wanted to climb up on this large hill behind Mt. Timpanogos to take an early morning shot of the back side of the mountain. Well, since my clock was pretty jumbled because of jet lag, I woke up at 4:00. So I was like, "What should I do now?" Then I was like, "You know, I could make it up that one hill behind Timp before sunrise." So I packed up a few things, grabbed my headlamp, and headed out.

The hill ended up being about 1,000 feet of vertical (according to Google Earth), but it went by quickly. Photography conditions at the top were not ideal, but there was a ledge most of the way up that I had marked with a cairn. It didn't take much time to find it on the way down.

So here were some of my shots.

In the early morning hours, the aspens were just coming into view.
The bees were waking up from the flowers they had been sleeping on.
There was a lot of lichen-moss-fungus-mold stuff on the cliff rocks.
But the views of Mt. Timpanogos were the best of all.
By the way, the summit of Mt. Timpanogos is near the right side of the flat-topped rock toward the right of the frame.

The panorama view was nice, too.
The prominent peak at the right of the frame is the north peak of Timpanogos. And dropping off to the right (north) side of that peak is American Fork Canyon.

And by 8:07 a.m., it was already time to race off to outing number two for the day.