Trails Before Dawn

      Life is definitely more exciting when you surround yourself with friends who are just a little bit crazy.  Sean invited me to go on this run with him. He originally wanted to go about 27 miles, which I'm sure he could have handled just fine.  15.5 turned out to be plenty for me.  The last four or five miles were pretty tough.  I woke up at 3:15 AM in Panguitch where I had traveled with my family to attend the Earl and Eva Marshall Family Reunion.  It is their 100th wedding anniversary!  I had to miss the Boy Scout Breakfast and an unbeatable small town parade, but I made it back in time for the big kick-off at 11:30 AM which included lunch, and three hours of ultimate frisbee, rugby, and kickball.  Needless to say, I was ready to crash by the time my head hit my pillow.  Sean was visiting his parents in St. George so Kolob Canyon was a good meeting spot. We dropped my van at the Lee's Pass Trailhead in Kolob Canyon and drove Sean's truck to the Hop Valley Trailhe

Big thanks to an awesome group of trail runners who introduced me to this enormous flag hanging high above Grove Creek Canyon Here's some video footage I captured of this impressive flag waving in the canyon wind We ran north from Grove Creek to the "Green Monster" and then back to a fantastic view of Grove Creek Canyon and the flag Me, Matt, Nathan - making our way up the steep Green Monster Taking a break on our way up the Green Monster. This is the half-way mark of the Timp Trail Marathon that Sean did last month. (Front to back: Carrie, Sean, Matt, Nathan) Atop the Green Monster - Ready to head south to Grove Creek Matt and Nathan View of the flag in the distance Gary, Eric, Carrie, Sean, Matt, Nathan The flag danced for us in the canyon wind.  It was quite a magnificent sight! Nathan Sean took this picture of me with the flag in the background Heading up Grove Creek for a view of th