camping....

The weather was perfect this weekend. Everyone that was going to come camping decided not to come. They all had other things going on. So Lisa and I came up with plan b. We stayed in town Thursday night and hung out with Kurt and Tyler and watched "The Office" Of course I had to go to the Marriott and get my hot chocolate and tortilla strip soup. It was after that that Lisa & I went to Tyler's house. We stayed there and talked for a few hours. Then we went back to Lisa's and crashed. This is Tyler & Lisa. And this one is Kurt. Friday morning: Lisa woke up fairly early and took her car in to get an oil change & tire rotation. She was kind enough to let me sleep. When she got back, we ate breakfast and got ready for the day. Since we couldn't leave Ogden until after Lisa picked up her check at 10, we took our time getting ready. We actually didn't leave Ogden until about noon. Oh well...this is vacation and we were going to enjoy it! No rushing! We drove down to Provo and decided to see if we could check in early. (Since no one else came, we made an executive decision to not mess with a large tent.) Lisa gets discount rooms at Marriott hotels. We checked in and I have to say the beds in this room were so comfortable that Lisa & I almost decided to just sleep instead of hike. But "hike" we did. We drove to Bridal Veil Falls. I say "hike" because we both thought that it would be a hike. Bridal Veil Falls actually turned out to be more of a paved stroll walk by the falls. It was still really pretty. I love the fresh air and beauty of nature. This is Bridal Veil Falls "hike" While we were taking pictures, this couple came up and said "you guys look like you know what you are doing. will you take our picture?" Lisa of course took it. I told her she needs to start carrying business cards to hand out. She could have given them one and said, "here. when you get married, give me a call." We took a lot of pictures. Then our stomachs started growling. We went back to the hotel and got dressed up for dinner. Italian food was our pick. The front desk person suggested the restaurant Ottavios. I am sure that it is spelled wrong since I can't spell. Anyway, the food was fabulous! Lisa got pollo penne something and I got pollo pente cannelloni. It was a party in your mouth. The best part was that it was only a few blocks from the hotel, so we walked there and got to work off some dinner walking back. We went back to the hotel and fat dogged.

Then we decided we could eat again, and went downstairs to the restaurant in the hotel and got dessert. I got the raspberry cheesecake and Lisa got the milky way chocolate cake. Both were amazing good. We went back to our room and fat dogged a little more. The pool was still open for another hour, so we put our suits on and headed down. Hot tubs are so wonderful. Then we went to bed because we had to kinda wake up early Saturday in time to hike and get ready for Weber State football. Stewart Falls was the slected hike for Saturday. It is such a beautiful hike up to the falls and the falls are really pretty too. I was hoping we could have had a bit more time to enjoy all of it, but we had a great time nonetheless. There are so many marvelous things and colors in nature. We just have to remember to take the time and care for them and enjoy them.