So you can see how beautiful it is here, if only you leave the city for a few miles. Here are pictures from our first hiking trip, to Alta (near the ski area).
It was the last day to view the wildflowers, as they were covered in snow the very next day (it's about 9000 ft above sea level there).
Cecret Lake (an odd Mormon spelling, no doubt)
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odd little salamanders in the lake
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J admiring the view
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A little fat ground squirrel
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Meadows of wildflowers
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My first moose sighting (he scared us - we didn't see him, and when we suddenly did, he was only about 20 feet away, staring - but he went back to eating quietly)
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