Something About Nothing

Today was a beautiful day up the canyon. We haven't been up here in years. The first part of the hike is all uphill and I thought I might die. Here is a view of the parking lot from one of the places I stopped to catch my breath. You can see the cars through the trees. This part of the hike was nothing for these girls. They are all tough and in shape, unlike their mother. There were some beautiful flowers blooming. Here is another spot that was straight uphill and I thought I was going to die. See how far up we've come! The girls had to stop quite often and wait for their out of shape mother. The mountains were so beautiful. And there was a nice breeze blowing every now and again. There were also shaded and covered areas that were so beautiful! I finally made it to the other end! Now only 1.6 miles back. I think I'll die. Isn't this a beautiful view? This is why the trail is called the Pipe Line Trail - it used to have a big pipe that carried water. They ...

We discovered Millcreek Canyon in 2002. My littlest girls, age 5, loved playing in the creek and climbing the waterfall. My neighbor was the one who first took us there, and as we were leaving she told us the story of the Troll that lived under the bridge. My girls have talked about that Troll ever since. The questions just never stopped, until the Easter Bunny forgot his candy in our cupboard, and then everything changed. The same year we discovered Millcreek, we sponsored some students from China for a week. We took them to Millcreek, but I can't seem to find those photos (more than the leg in the above photo). When Grace and Violet climbed up the waterfall they became too scared to climb down. I had to send the twins up to help them get down. It was a very big ego booster for the twins. I have that episode on a video tape, but not on digital - yet. I love this photo of my girls with Grace and Violet in our backyard. We were all so young.