This has been a fun and varied ten days. We left with Gene and Lynn on Wednesday and met Dave and Laurene and Craig and Maggie and kids at the summit on highway 36 about 12 miles southwest of Ovid, Idaho. We camped adjacent to a large parking area and drove a short distance up a dirt road to pick huckleberries for several hours on Thursday. On Friday we left for Utah and set up camp along the curb at LaRinda and Trevor's home in Provo. That evening we attended a dinner at Magleby's Restaurant in the Marriott Hotel in Provo sponsored by the parents of Jared James, Kristina Ockey's fiance. Saturday morning we got an early start and went with LaRinda and Trevor to Salt Lake City to attend the wedding ceremony for Kristina and Jared at 8:40 AM in the Salt Lake Temple. After pictures on the temple grounds the afternoon was spent at the Ockey's helping with last minute preparations for the reception held from 7:00 to 9:30 PM that evening. Then there was cleanup to make a very long day. On Sunday morning we headed out to link up with Gene and Lynn and Jacob and Heather and kids at the Sulphur Campground along highway 150 that runs north and south through the west end of the Uinta Mountains in Utah between Heber City and Evanston, Wyoming. Later that day Dave and Laurene also arrived. Monday was my birthday. Everyone wished me, "Happy Birthday." Laurene gave me a little knitted dishcloth she made and one of her cute original poems. She also did desert that evening after dinner. It seems like we're always camping or on Lake Powell for my birthday and we don't do much celebrating. For the day we took a long trip on a very rocky and rough forest road hoping to see some beautiful lakes and mountains. We finally stopped at a lake near a campground for lunch then started the long, slow, bumpy ride back to the highway a little disappointed with what we found. Gene and Lynn went with Heather and Jacob back to camp as they had to return home to Lehi for Jacob to go to work on Tuesday. We and the Gardner's took another rough but much shorter road into a very pretty Lily Lake before returning to camp. On Tuesday we went south on the highway to briefly visit Mirror Lake then over the 10,700 foot elevation Bald Mountain Pass to Butterfly Lake, the series of beautiful falls on the Provo River, Crystal and Washington Lakes and the overlook on Slate Gorge. We also took another very rocky rough road about 5 miles in trying to drive to Alexander Lake after lunch but we gave up and returned after not finding it. Wednesday morning the Gardner's returned home for medical appointments and we and the Liljenquist's took a hike on a very rocky trail about 3 miles round trip to Fehr, Shepard and Hoover Lakes. All were quite picturesque and it was good exercise. Upon return to camp we visited Moosehorn Lake from the Moosehorn Campground and found it to be one of the more scenic lakes we had seen on the trip. On Thursday we headed for home and stopped at the same campsite where we had stopped on the way down to pick more huckleberries. We picked for a couple of hours before dark and then picked for another 8 hours Friday. Picking is very slow going but the reward is very delicious in shakes, on cheesecake, in cereal, in jams and jellies etc. It's easy to see why they are so expensive to buy. Friday evening we headed again for home only to stop overnight at Lava Hot Springs for a relaxing soak in the hot pools. We had breakfast at the Chuck Wagon Restaurant Saturday morning and finally arrived home late that afternoon after quite a trip!
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