Welcome to the Davis Family Blog! We are active members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons). We hope you enjoy learning more about our family. We love our six children, wonderful daughter-in-law, and two grandsons. We are a musical family, and love the outdoors.
On Saturday we enjoyed nearly perfect weather and a 13 mile round trip ride to Green Lake in the Grand Tetons. A good friend of mine has been telling me about Green Lake for years. We really enjoyed the ride and especially the wildflowers which were abundant. We initially took the wrong trail which took us straight up a mountain, but once on the right path we enjoyed a gentle climb to the top of a pass, then some fairly steep switchbacks that led us down into the Green Lakes basin.
We only made it to the first lake which was full of fish, lush meadows, surrounded by large granite peaks. Cindy rode Dan who at times acted like a young horse and once took Cindy straight up the mountain, bypassing the last of the switcbacks. Christopher was on Bullseye, who we are learning is a very steady and reliable ride. I was on Kipper, who at 23 still has lots of miles and I enjoyed his smooth gate.
Christopher on Bullseye
High Mountain Meadows
Meadows and Wild Flowers
Cindy on Dan
Near the Pass before the Switchbacks
View of Teton Mountain Range from the Pass
Christopher and Bullseye on the Switchbacks
Arriving at Green Lake
Green Lake from the Creek Inlet
Taking a Break Before the Ride Home
Christopher with Steve and Kipper
Scaling the Switchbacks
Making our Decent from the Pass
All in all it was a great day, and enjoyed the wide open vistas, lush green forests, beautiful meadows and the grandeur of the Tetons.
Isaac is enjoying his first year of soccer. He is on the Lincoln School team 1. His team is made up of 5-7 year old kids, and while he is still 5 he is the biggest kid on the team. As parents, we are learning we may need to carry a birth certificate to let parents know he really is in the right age division.
He is having a great time and we are enjoying watching him. He is learning to play hard and fair and even cheat a little (unknowingly). In one of these short video clips he throws it into himself, we are pretty sure that is illegal.
At Trail's End with Dan, Kipper, and our Dog Gretel
Starting our Ride at Harriman State Park, Island Park, Idaho
Cindy Riding Dan
Christopher and Emrie on Bullseye
Approaching Golden Lake
Cindy at Golden Lake
Checking the Trail Sign
On the Way to Silver Lake
Steve and Emrie Near Silver Lake
Thanks to Grandpa Dorman, we have a pretty good stable of horses, plus a great trailer for getting out and about. We recently took excursions to Southeast Idaho's sand dunes, and Harriman State Park. We have been to the dunes several times, but this was our first time as a family to Harriman. We went on just one of the many loops and will return soon to enjoy the many rides that go along the river, past mountain lakes, and up over high mountain ridges.
Cindy, Emrie, and Gretel on the Path to Aldous Lake
Emrie and Gretel at Aldous Lake
Arriving at Hancock Lake
Alyssa, Jenna, Christopher, Steve and Matthew at Hancock Lake
Looking Down on Aldous Lake
Emrie at Aldous Lake
Emrie and Isaac at Aldous Lake
Christopher at Aldous Lake
Jenna and Alyssa at Aldous Lake
We enjoyed a really beautiful Saturday hiking in the mountains near Kilgore, Idaho. The drive was gorgeous and the meadows, ranchlands, and mountains where especially green because of our wet spring. The hike to Aldous Lake was just 1.3 miles, with an additional climb of 1 mile to Hancock Lake. Emrie and Isaac where great hikers and Isaac caught a dozen frogs, and saw one very large one that he said had candy growing on him. Jenna brought along her friend Alssya, and Matthew was joined by his father-in-law Lance, his brother-in-law Spencer, and their friend Cassy.
Fremont Indian Pictographs, Alvey Wash near Escalante
Calf Creek Falls
We just returned from the McInelly family reunion in Escalante, Utah. We had a wonderful time visiting with family and exploring the beauty of southern Utah. We enjoyed our traditional hike to Calf Creek Falls, but also explored Devil's Rock Garden the slot canyons of Peekaboo and Spooky Gulch, and a trek down the Hole in Rock. Christopher also enjoyed hunting for Indian artifacts and we did discover some ancient pictographs and a couple of old Indian camps.
