final trip up to the hi uintas & bison burgers

we made one final trip up to the hi uintas this season. we hit a few new lakes and caught some good fish. it was a long, tiring hike, and it rained on us, but we had a good time.

 some views of the boulder fields we climbed through. 

 it was very expansive.

 can you imagine: we didn't see any pikas!

 b checking the gps. thankfully, we were able to get down from the boulder field and hike on more level ground.

 the dead elk we fished by, and i almost wiped my fishy hands on. we could smell something, but it wasn't until i almost wiped my hands on the elk's decaying body that we figured things out.

 a fine fish i caught. beautiful too.

 having a good time.

we saw a lot of beaver dams on the hike back to the car.

 the water we saw gushing out of provo canyon. there is never water coming out the canyon wall here. while we were in the mountains, provo got a huge rainstorm--with tons of water in a short period of time. there was flooding in town, and this coming out of the mountain wall.

and here are the pics of our bison burgers. we had wanted to eat some bison in the tetons, but we didn't have time. so i got some meat at our local grocers, and b cooked them up for us. they were good.

 i had the kids dress in their favorite western wear. s has a bandana and shawl.

 b trying to look tuff.

 w has a kachina bolo tie (that, ironically, we found in maui) and his hat.