A quick look back...

We have enjoyed so many fun trips this last year. In 2006 we managed to pick up two new activities. After more than 15 years of alpine skiing, we (finally) made the switch to telemark skiing. Also, we each got our first road bike and are now addicted to cycling.

Here are some highlights of 2006:

In May John and I went to Florida for a week. We went to three different beaches, Pensacola beach, Navarre beach and Perdido Key. We saw stingrays and jellyfish, ate lots of wonderful seafood, spent time with family, beach combed and played in the waves.

Canyoneering in San Rafael Swell, UT and Canyonlands National Park, UT
We hiked Upper Chute canyon and Bluejohn Canyon. Bluejohn was incredible and took us about ten hours to hike. It was a technical canyon with a rappel and an accent which required ropes, there was also quite a bit of water in the canyon.

One week after Bluejohn canyon I went on an all girls trip to Zion National Park in June. My mother, aunt, two other women and I hiked the Virgin Narrows. The Virgin Narrows is a 16 mile hike down the Virgin River, it is considered one of the top five hikes in the world. The canyon walls reach 2000 feet in some areas and there are beautiful hanging gardens growing on the moist canyon walls. The hike took over twelve hours because the river was higher and faster than we had anticipated. We swam five times and most of the hike was in thigh deep water. We also stopped by Bryce National Park on our way home.

Climbing on "Wall Street" Moab, UT