Stewart Cascade

So we're going to try to get caught up on this blog thing now that we have a ton of pictures taken and finally on the computer. Today's post comes from our hike to Stewart Falls. I was wrapping up a week off of work and we hadn't really done much outside of town. We had been planning a trip to Moab, but timing was a little off. So we invited everyone to hike with us.

We did the hike on Monday, July 6. We got parked and started the hike about 10am. We started at the Timpanogos trail head just inside the park boundaries. The first little bit was uphill and shady. I took a few pictures of some interesting trees and scenery:




Sara was really good for the hike. we finally put our Kelty pack to good use. We had tried it out a couple days before while walking around at Provo's annual Freedom Festival. She likes to hang out the side like a dog hangs out the window. It worked out pretty well until she got too close to a branch - she got a light scratch just above her eye and freaked out pretty bad...



Some pictures on the trail...





And some pictures at the falls. These were taken on the ridge that overlooks the falls landing.

This is a series of 4 pictures I took and stitched together to reconstruct the falls image. (Click the picture to see the the big image)



The view from the falls... You'll get to Sundance is you follow the stream down the mountain. That's how most of the crew hiked out.

You can't go on a hike to a waterfall without playing in the water. The kids all took off their shoes and waded for a few seconds at a time. The water was really cold. The mist from the falls felt really good.