52 weeks in the foothills: week 30

Generally, each week has it's own charm and uniqueness. Except for
week 30. Pretty much dry dusty and much like last week. And the week
before, and the week before. Ran into a neighbor just after taking
the grass close up. She has said she sees snakes up there. I'd never
seen one until after I ran into her. Maybe they follow her or
something. Picture from near Lake Creek junction thrown in just for
variety.

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52 weeks in the foothills: week 29

Needed to see some different dirt this week, so we trooped up to the Y and then to the canyon south of Y Mountain.  That was great, except now my IT band hurts.  Very nice to get into the lush forest south of Y Mountain.  Dragged through a run the day after just to keep the legs loose after Y Mountain.  Great to be out as the sun set over the valley.  Lots of pretty flowers this week.  

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52 weeks in the foothills: week 28

Another week of summer in the hills. I did have my first up close
encounter with wildlife this week: I think a bee stung my ankle while
I was running through knee deep foliage.

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52 weeks in the foothills: week 27

Two unique wildlife photos this week: a bee and a hawk. I think it
was a hawk. Whatever it was it was cruising above the ridgeline and
sort of passed behind me. It didn't seem to concerned about me being
there. Lost the trail a couple of times in the weeds. It's an
interesting experience to put your foot down onto a trail you can't
see through thigh-high weeds.

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52 weeks in the foothills: week 26

Better late than never.  Seems we've got a very effective schedule randomizer in our house.  She's very cute though.  Grass is drying out down low.  Not sure what else is going on as this was a minimal running week in which I got out once for a 20 minute jog.  

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52 weeks in the foothills: week 25

Just a few shots this week as the more interesting photos were down in the valley with our new baby.  It's green and warm up in the foothills.  Pretty soon it will be brown and hot.

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Mocap day in CS 455

Special thanks to the Abbots for bringing their son, to Eli for
enjoying the retroreflective stickers so much and to Ross for doing
that backflip thing over and over. We should have some videos later
this summer.

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52 weeks in the foothills: week 23

Sego lilies starting blooming early in week.  Some other funky flower like thing bloomed too.  The flowers were so nice that I took the kids on a walk to see the flowers.  Everything is growing, crickets are doing their thing and summer is in full swing. 

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52 weeks in the foothills: week 23

Wildflowers are blooming.  The foothills don't exactly draw a crowd with a profusion of wildflower color, but there's still a few here and there.  The snow line raced up Timpanogos surprisingly fast this week.  Not much wildlife, just lots of crickets and a few birds.   

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52 weeks in the foothills: week 22

It was surreal to see the snow with green grass and green trees on Monday.  Probably won't see that again anytime soon.  Then it was haze, dust and wind.  Then Saturday it was clear blue skies and sharp contrast.  Seeing a few more wildflowers.  Not a ton, but a few.  Included a shot of some orange flowers growing in the road cut.  

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52 weeks in the foothills: week 21

Turns out that all the survey tape was for the T3 Triathlon Timpanogos Marathon and Half Marathon.  After I figured that out, I was sorely tempted to sign up for it and run the 1/2 this weekend.  But there were two main problems:  I wasn't in shape for it and the weather looked bad.  Not being in shape was ok, I'm still foolish enough to attempt anyway.  But I didn't want to commit to run that distance given the forecast.  And it was indeed cold, rainy, snowy and a little breezy Saturday morning.  I was out anyway and ran into  a few of the race runners.  Looked like a great time.  

Anyway, this week's picture of Timpanogos is just a shot into the clouds in the right direction.  And that's how it was.  But it was fun to try to shoot a wildflower in the snow.  One of the pictures shows a squall line coming in from the north.  I didn't notice this coming through 'cause I thought the weather was coming from the south that day.  I was wrong.  But I did get home 5 minutes before the rain started.

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52 weeks in the foothills: week 20

Good shots of atmospheric effects early Saturday morning.  Had hoped to drop into Battle Creek Canyon from the south but the trail was just too muddy on the north-facing slope.  There's a ton of survey tape in the foothills right now.  Must be some kind of race coming up especially for people who like lots of reassurance that they are on course.  

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