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[SteveR]

No! He had to settle for the red haired in the Taco

Same!

But she got a real evasive answer to the question about the seven women on his mind

Rick is a wise man!

 

[scatman]

Well, this is about the best I can do for a trip report these days so bear with me. I was up in Logan on Saturday for a Utah State basketball game and after the game, I had a reconnaissance mission to complete.

I'm thinking about hiking to the top of Logan Peak next spring and wanted to locate the Dry Canyon trailhead which is just southeast of the university. The trailhead was easy too locate and once there my family and I went for a little walk.


Arriving at the trailhead


Nature preserve too.


No, I am not hiking @Rockskipper, since I am not allowed to hike until mid-February. Just out for a leisurely stroll you might say.


The "You Are Here" sign.


Which means the canyon is that way.


Ooh, the potential for wildlife sightings.


The mouth of the canyon


My partners in crime. And no, they are not hiking either.


Maple seeds longing for some snow.


Maybe just a little further?


What is and isn't allowed on the Dry Canyon Trail


View up canyon. I can't believe that on December 20th that there is no snow in Logan or up this canyon.


The old information sign. You used to be able to drive up to this point back in the day.


And the old trail sign


Just a little further. I think can, I think I can.


My wife and daughter forced me to turn around and this is the view from the mouth of Dry Canyon looking towards Utah State
University, with the lovely Cache Valley beyond.


Zoomed in on Old Main on campus


Down on Main Street in Logan now looking back up at Dry Canyon and Mount Logan


A little bit more of the mountain above with the Logan LDS Temple in the foreground


It was then on to dinner at the Beehive Grill


Where I enjoyed a 16 oz prime rib and a Black Widow Amber Lager

After dinner, we headed back up to campus to get some shots of Old Main at night.








Historical plaque and elevation

Still shocked that it was 47 degrees and no snow in Logan this time of December. Could be in for a world of hurt next year unless we start getting some snow.


The End.

 

[TractorDoc]

We do not have balmy Salt Lake City temperatures here in Ohio, but it did warm up enough in the last day or so to melt most of the accumulated surface snow. Below freezing today, so I thought it was the perfect time to try a backcountry hike to Twin Sisters Falls in Cuyahoga Valley National Park.

You more or less have to walk up the creek to get to the falls. I had to climb over this log jam to keep moving.



Twin Sisters Falls.

Not a "full time" waterfall, but when the water runs/freezes it is quite the sight to see. If I had been here several days earlier the entire wall of shale would have been covered in ice.



Back at the trailhead.

 

[Rockskipper]

with the lovely Cache Valley beyond

I really enojyed my time at Utah State, even in the cold inverted winters. Your photos make me miss it. I used to enjoy driving around all the fields on a cold winter day taking photos of all the hawks that wintered there.

 

[scatman]

We do not have balmy Salt Lake City temperatures here in Ohio, but it did warm up enough in the last day or so to melt most of the accumulated surface snow. Below freezing today, so I thought it was the perfect time to try a backcountry hike to Twin Sisters Falls in Cuyahoga Valley National Park.

You more or less have to walk up the creek to get to the falls. I had to climb over this log jam to keep moving.

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Twin Sisters Falls.

Not a "full time" waterfall, but when the water runs/freezes it is quite the sight to see. If I had been here several days earlier the entire wall of shale would have been covered in ice.

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Back at the trailhead.

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Send some of that snow and ice this way would ya.

 

[scatman]

I really enojyed my time at Utah State, even in the cold inverted winters. Your photos make me miss it. I used to enjoy driving around all the fields on a cold winter day taking photos of all the hawks that wintered there.

My junior year at USU, it inverted the third week in November and didn't clear up until late March with temps dipping below zero numerous times. I think we had two days of -13 degrees which is the coldest temperature I've ever experienced. I wonder what it was up in Peter's Sink during that stretch?

I miss Logan too, though it is not the quaint little town that it used to be. I try and make it up there 4-5 times a year if I can swing it. I'm planning on summitting Logan Peak next year, knee permitting, and I'd like to do a loop hike to visit Old Ephraim's Grave. Have you been to the gravesite before? I also need to get back to the Wellsvilles.

 

[Bob]

Dont remember that problem when I was there. ..... course I graduated in '76. I have been to Peter Sinks in the winter..... it was very cold. But it was always cold in the summer too.

 

[scatman]

Dont remember that problem when I was there. ..... course I graduated in '76. I have been to Peter Sinks in the winter..... it was very cold. But it was always cold in the summer too.

How'd you get to the sink in the winter? Snowshoe? X-country ski? Did you stay overnight?

 

[Bob]

Snowshoe dayhike.

 

[Rockskipper]

Have you been to the gravesite before?

Old Ephraim, Old Ephraim, your deeds were so wrong,
Yet we build you this marker and sing you this song.
To the king of the forest so mighty and tall,
We salute you, Old Ephraim, the king of them all.