In the middle of July, we took 18 high school runners up to Park City for a 3 day cross country camp. We stayed in a cabin near the Park City Mountain Resort that is owned by the family of one of our athletes. We filled our time with team bonding, games in the park, goal setting, and (of course) running. We did a challenging trail run up in the mountains one morning. All of the girls ran a 8 mile loop and all of the boys ran a 11 mile loop. It was hard work, but they were proud of what they had accomplished! We also took them to the alpine slide at Park City Mountain Resort. This was the first cross country camp for Olympus High School. We'd do it again!
Games in the Park
A few of the girls at the highest point of the trail run
Playing spoons
The ride up the the alpine slide (L) and the group at the top (R)
Beat up after a wipe-out on the slide (check out the burns in the shirt)
The whole group
A day after camp ended, Uncle Bruce came to Salt Lake City for a long weekend. We drove up into the Uinta Mountains one day and hiked around at the Provo Falls & Mirror Lake. Both were very beautiful! Todd was pretty beat up from his wipe-out on the alpine slide, so he wasn't up for a hike; but Uncle Bruce & I did a hike in Big Cottonwood Canyon past several alpine lakes. We even saw a moose! We also took a trip to Antelope Island to dip our feet in the Great Salty and see some bison.
Provo Falls
Mirror Lake in the Uintas
Lake Mary in Big Cottonwood Canyon
Moose sighting!
View of Lake Martha and Lake Mary from above
For Pioneer Day (the biggest Utah holiday!), we cheered on 4 of our cross country athletes in the Deseret News 10k. They took 4th place in the high school team division. We went out to brunch with friends, and then spent the evening grilling out with friends from church.
Last weekend I camped for two nights in the Uintas with 10 other ladies from church. We had a great, relaxing weekend with great hiking, conversation, food, and wine. I'm so blessed to have met all these wonderful ladies in Utah.
Our tent by Butterfly Lake
Hiking the Lofty Lakes Loop
The lovely ladies
Burgers & Shakes on the way back home
Todd's mom & friend Becky made a quick stop in Salt Lake City on their way to California this past week. I was able to join them for dinner one night, and Todd took them on a downtown tour and hike up in one of the canyons. A quick, but great visit!
Our cross country season is now officially underway. We held our team time trial on Thursday and had 30 kids participate. Counting the ones who were out of town as well, it seems like we'll have a large group this fall! Times were faster at this year's time trial than last year's, so we're very exciting for what this season may hold!
At the starting line
And they're off!
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