Red Castle Lake

My friend RaeAnn and I did a 3-day backpacking trip to Red Castle Lake in the High Uintahs. We accessed the trail head from the Wyoming side. The hike was 25 miles total.

There were cool red rocks that glowed in the dusk light. We were there during the peak nights of the Perseid Meteor Shower. I watched the meteor shower with my head sticking out of the tent because it was so cold. We camped at around 11,000 ft in elevation.

Red Castle.

Red Castle Lake in the evening.

We ate oatmeal for breakfast and freeze dried meals for dinner. RaeAnn heated water for them on her portable back packer stove.

This is a make-shift sun shade I built to keep the tent cooler. It really worked. We spent a lot of time in the tent because there were so many mosquitoes.


View from upper Red Castle Lake. The colors are washed out because the dial on my camera was accidentally knocked to a weird setting. I didn't notice because I had my sunglasses on. I am kind of bummed because it was so awesome up there and all of my pictures are washed out and weird. My car is parked at the end of the mountain chain running from right to left in this picture.

Upper Red Castle lake is held up by this wall of rock that blocks off the canyon. The water runs through via this waterfall. We watched the boy scouts climb all around this area.

Pioneer Tribute

I felt like doing something to remember the pioneers, so I put this slideshow together. Originally it had a track of me playing the viola. I think that this music works better and has less squeeks.

July 24th Hike

Some friends from my new ward and I hiked Adam's canyon up to a waterfall. It is a 3.5 mile round trip hike. It was a lot of fun. The cool mist from the waterfall really felt good.

Left to Right Front: David, Jamie (RaeAnn's friend), RaeAnn (my room mate in Israel), and Torrey. Rear: Katie and I. Go figure, my eyes were shut in the pictures taken on both cameras.

Park Bench

I just finished re-finishing the dumpy park bench that came with my condo. I even sanded it and primed it. And yes, I did the two tone myself.

China Slideshow

China Part XII: Beijing

Street in front of the Beijing Hotel, where I stayed. This is looking at the location where the famous tank standoff occured during the Tianenman Square incident.

Market near the Beijing Hotel

Scorpion-kbobs

Mmmm. Fried Pigeon.

China Part XI: Beijing

Silk Worms

Silk Rug Factory Outlet. A rug can take a year and a half to make. They are priced accordingly.

Crazy Building in Beijing

Second tower in crazy building. Burned down when fireworks were set off from the roof during the last Chinese New Years. Building is structurally linked to the other, so it hasn't been torn down.

The Temple of Heaven

Chinese chess in the park at the temple of heaven.

Chairman Mao + Obama = ObaMao

Imperial Gardens

Imperial marble boat at the imperial summer palace.