On our way from Maple Canyon to the Tetons we stopped over in Salt Lake City to visit and old friend Scott and his wife Sarah. They provided us with a meal not cooked on a camp stove and a shower which we badly needed. He also drove us up into American Fork Canyon just to check the place out b/c it was late evening by the time we arrived in Salt Lake. Very beautiful! I'd love to go back and stay awhile.
Scott and Leah couldn't resist trying to boulder in their flipflops.
So, after 2 nearly perfect weeks on the road, Leah and I are currently in a 1960's HoJo in Utah after an aborted day of climbing in Idaho which included bad directions, swarming grasshoppers, a car stuck in the sand on a supposed "two wheel drive accessible dirt/sand road," cow paddies, and some damage to my car which I believe to be a puncture hole in my muffler.
Notice the grasshoppers on my windshield.
I'll post more about the fun in the Tetons and Yellowstone later!
Arrow and I took another trip out to Red Rock and much to his dismay, I took more pictures. Things are soon to be great here b/c I just have to make it through 3 days of exam giving and then I'm a free woman!! (except for 1.5 weeks of classes). Off to grade some papers I've been putting off for about a month now. 
Only 10 more days of school!! I can't wait! The students are getting antsy and I think I'm even antsier. Plans are coming together for the summer - I think Lea, and possibly Jody and I are going to head up to Yellowstone at the end of June and hopefully hit Devils Tower while we're up there. I'm psyched b/c ever since I saw a picture of Devils Tower when I was little, it was on the top of my list of places to visit - I don't know why, it's just so bizarre looking I guess. Adam has been on fires in Southern California for the last two weeks but may be back in Prescott for the upcoming long weekend. I might go down and visit if I can afford the gas. The top picture is of a pretty lake just outside of Prescott (I forget it's name at this time) and the bottom two are of the construction for the new bridge over the Colorado so that people no longer can drive on Hoover Dam (sorry for the crappy photography but I was driving and picture taking at the same time-bad I know). It's a pretty impressively large project - although I believe you'll still be able to drive on the dam if you pay to take a tour - defeats the point doesn't it? Well that's all for now!
