What We Did For Our Summer Vacation

Brady and I were able to get away for a few days over the Pioneer Day Holiday. We camped at Browne (say it like "Brownie") Lake in the Uintas on Thursday night. It was gorgeous. We love that place. My family has camped there forever and Brady's family camped there when he was younger too. Sometimes I wonder if we were ever there at the same time as kids.

I'm pretty sure that Browne has the bluest sky around town. The lake was so calm, it was like canoeing on glass.

My parents and grandparents were there too...this is my grandparents' famous "Red Canoe" we borrowed for a little stroll around the lake. I can't even guess how many times that canoe has been on Browne Lake...let's just guess ALOT!

Brady in the canoe

I just love this place!

Friday morning, we drove to Spirit Lake where we hiked in to Tamarack Lake to stay the night.

All ready to go...Spirit Lake Trailhead

Brady checking out the fishing at Tamarack Lake. The cutthroat were jumping like crazy, but no luck for Brady.

More hiking before the rain came in...

The mosquitoes were super bad and it started raining, so we didn't make it to any of the other lakes like we had originally planned. We set up our tent and hung out until there was a break in the rain. We tried to make a fire, but everything was so wet and the mosquitoes came out full force! We boiled water for our freeze-dried foods (despite what you might think, they were actually really good!) and ate inside our tent. It ended up raining most of the night...I'm starting to wonder about our luck with rain and camping (remember Memorial Day weekend?). We got up early Saturday and as soon as there was a short break in the rain, we packed up and hiked out. I know it might not sound so fun for a lot of you out there, but the weekend away to one of our favorite places was just what we needed.