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Its mid may and the spring run off has yet to peak so I have been sticking close to home doing a few shorter lower elevation hikes to pass the time.

5.8.2010 I got up early and hiked Squaw Peak with Pete, The snow pack was still pretty deep at 7000′ + and the creek was hardly flowing. On the way up  Rock Canyon was full of backpackers and on the way down it was full of hikers and climbers.

Looking at Provo and Freedom Peaks from Squaw Peak.

5.9.2010 Bowen (3yo) and I parked at Sundance and hiked up to Stewart Falls. Again not much run off in his area and the falls were still a trickle.

5.12.2010  I tried to beat the rain and hike up Lost Creek in Provo Canyon when the creek was pretty ferocious.  I made it up into the choke point then turned around with no photos due to the constant rain and snow but I will be back soon.

5.14.2010  Clint drove down to met up with Lanik  and I to do a quick overnight backpacking trip up South Fork.  We parked at the trail head and hiked a little over 1 mile up the trail and set up camp. We wandered around Big Springs shooting photos with what little daylight we had left.

That night the clouds broke up and we were able to shoot some star trails.

5.16.2010  We made a quick hike up beyond Aspen Grove on the backside of Timpanogos where  I got some cool  photos of a sun halo over Elk Point.

April and I found and sitter and made a quick hike up Squaw Peak on a cold fall day.  The fall colors were pretty much done but there was one small area in rock canyon that was still going.  We did the hike in 4 hours round trip and it was just a steep as I remembered.