Dreamwalk Park
The Christmas holidays were here, and I'm back in Utah for the season, surrounded by family. Between family gatherings, dinners,...
little Hope
Another Fruity Family Gathering
Another quick trip to Utah this summer to see the family. We gather up at the Fruitland cabin, another little...
Xmas 2021
I've been writing about our family Christmas get togethers on here since 2008. To think that someone one day will...
Family Reunion 2021, back to Fruity
I would assume that my family still gets together most Sunday afternoons for dinner, so when I say that it's...
Christmas 2020
The weeks flew by since Thanksgiving, and just like that I find myself on the road back to Utah on...
The strange return home for Thanksgiving during a pandemic
I leave Zion National Park early in the morning on Thanksgiving, four hours until I see family. It's been a...
It was a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away
I was seven, maybe eight years old when I saw Star Wars for the first time. It was 1977, or...
DJ, Jenny & Hope in the AZ
My youngest brother made it down to Arizona last month with his new wife and their fourth expectant child, as...
Glacier’s Trail of the Ancients
It's our last evening in Glacier National Park. The wildfire smoke is being blown out by a late summer storm....
Hidden Lake
The smoke from the surrounding wildfires has half of the park in an eerie haze, the other half is full...
Lake McDonald
It was easily ten degrees warmer than normal due to the surrounding forest fires. The smoke was reeking havoc on...
Welcome back to Glacier…
As I landed at Glacier International Airport last August, I couldn't help but think about the last time I was...