Hiking

So I woke up this morning and saw the SUN!!!! Now I am the first to say that I love overcast days, but after a week of snow and gray skies, to see the sun again is inspiring. So, I just had to get out in the middle of it. This is a picture of Flattop and you can see it right outside my back door. It doesn't look as big here because I am halfway up at this point. Anyway, I decided I needed to get up there today. Once I got up there the snow was sparkling like diamonds, it was about up to my knees, and it was awesome!
A bunch of us are going to hike the Grand Canyon at the end of next month from the South Kiabab to the river and back out the Bright Angel in hopefully 6-7 hours or less. We have been training for quite a while now, so a challenge like flattop with lots of snow on it seemed like great training, and I was right. It was invigorating and challenging and made me so happy! So what you will see above are more of my pics for the day. Course pictures never tell the real story, but they are the best I can do!