Jordanelle State Park- Heber City, Utah

Jordanelle State Park, north of Heber City, Utah is where we have called home for Memorial Day and Tuesday.  We left Red Canyon Campground on the morning of Memorial Day and traveled north on Hwy 89, through Provo Canyon, to this state park.  With a good sized dam, this is clearly a popular boating area on the weekend, but we arrived after all the weekenders left and settled in.  This is our view out our front window and looking up towards the mountains with the clouds rolling in. We are set to head out in the morning.  We have had some rain showers today, but managed to get out for a bike ride around the marina and Caleb is playing some baseball with his dad.  After dry camping at our last stop, we’re taking advantage of the electric & water connections, watching some TV, & doing laundry in preparation for Grand Teton National Park where we’ll be dry camping again. 

Here are some photos to recap where we’ve been so far… Caleb poses at Bryce. (Click on photo to enlarge.)

An interesting log in Red Canyon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Family portrait at Bryce.

Natural Bridge at Bryce.

Sunset

highlights at Bryce.

Jordanelle has wi-fi, so I took the plunge and am experimenting with the Live Writer program for my blog, so any helpful comments are always appreciated!  I was using the Blog This feature with Picasa 3 but I always wanted to post more pictures!  

We make our way north tomorrow to the Gros Ventre campground of the Grand Teton National Park.  The weather forecast calls for rain and scattered thunderstorms, but we forge on!  As far as internet, I am tethered with my Verizon phone so if there is cell service, there will be blog postings!  Stay tuned to see if we are able to see the elusive Moose! 

Bryce-Pictures fixed :-)

These are the pictures that go with the post below. Apparently wi-fi went haywire :-)

Bryce Canyon Vistas

We spent another gorgeous day at Bryce Canyon National Park and were fortunate to see this cowboy bringing in the mule string for the canyon rides.

Out at the furthest viewpoint of Bryce, Rainbow Point, you can see for miles and miles. The distant mountains are still snowcapped and as you look down into the canyon, you can see crevaces filled with snow.

We stepped back in time and took the obligatory photo by the park service sign. Laser and Russell have been able to travel with us in the truck since the weather has been cool. By staying at the national forest campground rather than in the national park, they've been able to go on some hikes with us too!

On Saturday night we attended a ranger program on astronomy so that Caleb could complete his junior ranger requirements. Sunday morning we visited the park again for Caleb to officially get his junior ranger badge and patch for Bryce Canyon National Park! Then we drove out to a different section to hike the Mossy Cave trail. There is a spring in the area which feeds the waterfall pictured above. The weather is forecasted to be great for the rest of the day so we're off for more hiking!