Hiking!

The first weekend of July, Steve and I went backpacking in the Big Horn Mtns. We had beautiful weather and it was wonderful to get away for the weekend. Meanwhile, there was a monsoon happening in Sheridan and our neighbors were vacuuming the water from our basement - needless to say, everyone in town now knows where we keep the extra "hidden" house key. Fording the creek - balancing can be tricky with a huge pack
The scenery from our tent the first night - can't beat that!
Old cabin ruins along the trail that were once lived in by miners in the 1920's
Hmmm, slight structural damage, no?
An opening to a mine, right across the trail from the cabin shown aboveLake Geneva Steve on the trail next to an old petrified tree and the lake
We had two passes to go over - this is from the top of the first pass looking down at Lake Geneva
The meadow after the first pass - the second pass is behind Steve

Walking down from the second pass into another meadow area with several small lakes (the black form to the right of me is Guinness, Steve's dog - he made sure every squirrel and chipmunk in the Big Horns was chased after)
Beautiful flowers growing right in the middle of a group of large boulders

Our camping area on the second night - not a bad view!
Looking out from the front of our tent at Granite Lake

Fly fishing in Granite Lake - we didn't keep anything for dinner because all the fish (Brooke Trout) were absolutely tiny. It looks like I'm trying to give my fish a big kiss and he doesn't look to happy

We were catching fish on every cast - they were hungry little suckers! Here Steve holds another mini trout

The morning before we took off

Self portrait on the way back