These are from a tour I did a month ago with my friend Bryce up in Little Cottonwood Canyon. Bryce is skinning up Grizzly Gulch on the splitboard system he and his brother developed for the company they founded, Karakoram. This is your average beautiful late spring day in the Wasatch, although the clouds started to roll in on us towards the end of our climb. The next day kicked off a huge storm that dumped seven feet of snow!
My friend Paul and I got out for a short fly fishing trip a few weeks ago in northeastern Utah, on the Green River just below the Flaming Gorge Dam. It was my first experience with fly fishing, I loved it! Of course it started dumping snow on the way there, in typical form for this “spring” we’re having in Utah. We camped out the first night and awoke to six inches of snow on the tents!
I didn’t do too much fishing in the snow on the first day – it would have been a tough day to learn. I always enjoy taking pictures in crappy weather though!
Sage and Luna loved every minute of it!
We had better weather on the second day – It was warm enough to float down the river in the drift boat. Paul taught me a little bit about casting and I caught my first fish. Paul caught this fish above on the first day, in the snow.
The start of our Ghanaian beach vacation took us to the eco-friendly Green Turtle Lodge outside of Busua. This backpacker’s resort was located on a remote beach 10km down a poorly maintained dirt road. We arrived to find composting toilets, solar energy and plenty of our new favorite, Star beer! The beer label claims to “unlock the joys of life with sparkling brightness” – we are not sure if it was the beer or the beach vacation but we were enjoying life. Some highlights included hearing the ocean from our hut, meals served on the beach, a bonfire with African drumming and plenty of relaxation with our books. The lodge is involved in turtle conservation and we went on a walk with a guide one night to see turtles laying and covering their eggs. We saw three Olive Ridley turtles that are about 30-40 pounds. It was truly amazing to see these creatures meticulously cover their eggs, a process that takes up to 15 minutes and then disappear back into the ocean. These and the other turtles native to this area are endangered due to local fishing practices and this lodge and others are working to educated local communities and conserve the turtle population. – Leah
We recently adopted a puppy from the humane society – her name is Luna. As far as we know, she is a Weimereiner/Labrador mix. She is definitely cute! Our Labrador Sage is starting to get along with her now too.
When I got to Madison, Wisonsin, the economy car I rented turned out to be a Volkswagon Beetle! It was a lot of fun on the winding roads and rolling hills!
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