We went up to Alta this morning to see the wildflowers! And there were plenty of them. There is some beautiful fireweed in front of a small stream here!
The festival organizers had some suggested hikes for all age groups, and activities for children! Mabel made a flower!
Clementine looked cool in her shades! Grandpa got to hold her for a while, but in general, she wanted her mom to do all the work of carrying her!
We made some new flower friends--the Alpine Paintbrush and silky Lupine were beautiful and plentiful!
The red elderberry was very similar to the blue elderberry in Lambert Park!
There was some white sagebrush to the right of this yellow flower. It didn't look a lot like our local sagebrush in Alpine, but John sniffed it out with his superior senses!
We learned about this monument flower (Grand gentian) that has basal roots for 20-60 years, after which it blooms, releases seeds and dies!
We also saw a moose, so all in all it was a pretty good day!
Mabel suggested we ride the ski lift, but was amenable to a pretend one, as we ran out of time! We had to hurry down the canyon for lunch at Everest Curry Kitchen in Sandy! (Yum!)
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