Yesterday Gene and I had a really fun "Date Day/Night". After a full morning of taking the girls back to school shopping, he and I set off for a fun adventure. We drove the 1/2 hour drive to the hot springs in the Spanish Fork Canyon. It was so much fun. It was about an hour hike to the hot springs and then an hour back, and what a beautiful hike it was!
We hiked along a rushing river the whole way and came across cute little critters, tiny snakes, lizards and weird bugs.
We were warned that some people enjoy bathing in the hot springs NUDE!
There were only a few people (in bathing suits) there at the hot springs, so that was nice. Then we hiked up even further up to some more springs and lo and behold, a naked guy. But he was a very nice and courteous naked guy. He sat in the corner and kept to himself, unlike the naked guys that Gene's sister and her husband encountered last weekend. Those guys went ahead and stood up out of the water to talk to Ann and Keith and to give them directions! At least our naked guy just sat there. :)
Anyhow, after a great afternoon hiking and soaking in the natural springs, Gene and I went out to dinner and then to the movies to see "The Dark Night". What an incredible movie. It was very intense and very scary and Heath Ledger did an absolutely incredible job as the Joker.
Here are a few pictures from our adventure:
The river along the hike.
The trail. It was a pretty easy hike. It had some good, steep hills here and there, but overall, it was fairly easy.
More hiking trail.
Cool tree that fell over the water.
Finally... we made it to the springs!
One of the areas where the hot water flows out of the mountains.Anyone ever been to Yellowstone?
These springs smell a lot like Yellowstone! (kinda stinky!)
Gene exploring. This pool was super hot and toasty!You can see the awesome water falls in the background.
Water falls...
Water falls...The falls are cold water, but it felt good after the long hike.
Me... you can see two of the pools behind me.
Me... you can see two of the pools behind me.And a guy... a guy with clothes.
9 comments:
Sounds like a great date. And I loved "The Dark Knight" too (maybe even more than "Momma Mia").
So fun! I did that back in the college days. We did it at night and I think the moonlight brings out the nakies! There were a ton of naked people. Hilarious! That is a great hike, though. So fun for you and Gene!
What a great time! I haven't had a date with Jeff for far too long. It would be fun to do something that allows for witty banter one with another as opposed to just hitting the movie. Good stuff.
very fun, I'm surprised you two didn't take it all off :)
I love daytime dates! We loved the Dark Knight, too.
What a fun date. I wish we lived close to something like that. When do the girls go back to school? We started school yesterday and fun was had by all. :)
No pics of the naked guy in the spring? :) Just kidding. I'm glad you guys had a fun date. I didn't know that there were even hot springs in SF canyon. We'll have to hike up there with you guys sometime.
what a great date night! I love naturey things but not naked naturey things... They should post a sign 'no nudes' ha that would draw attention.
What a beautiful place to hike. We'll have to check it out next time we are there. Travis flew into Utah and is visiting his parents in Elk Ridge for the weekend.
Yeah, Dark Knight was awesome. Heath Ledger gets the Oscar!
BTW, I'm on Lainey's e-mail and too lazy to log out and back into mine so that's why it's showing her name.
Lori
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