2014-07-20 Cecret Lake Hike

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Another hidden gem of Alta is Cecret Lake. Touted the most family-friendly trail, it attracts many hikers during summer months, and fight for parking space is a common theme. The town of Alta has shuttle service on the weekend during summer months to serve as many hiker as possible due to limited parking space. And you better not park on the side of the road because you will be ticketed. We went on a Sunday afternoon when there was a passing storm. But this makes a picture perfect scenery along the trail.

2014-07-13 Cardiff Pass Hike

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Alta is a world-class ski resort. I've talked to many tourists when I skied at Alta. They said that the scenery and terrain at Alta rival that of the Alps. Well, Alta isn't just for skiing. During the summer months, especially late July and early August, there are wild flowers, and you won't be disappointed. This year, due to warm temperature, the peak time has moved up to 2 weeks earlier.

2014-06-22 Great Western Trail Hike

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We went hiking with church friends, who had a friend visiting Salt Lake City. They wanted to show how beautiful the surrounding area is. Her friend came at the right time for wild flower show at the Great Western Trail in East Canyon.

2014-06-14 Maybird Lake Hike

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I went hiking with Phoebe, a daddy-daughter date on a beautiful Saturday morning. The trailhead is located at the White Pine area. Parking lot is always full due to its popularity. There are 3 trails that lead to 3 alpine lakes respectively. We were planning to hike the Red Pine Lake, but we made the wrong turn at the bridge junction. Left turn will lead you to Red Pine Lake. But went stright and cross the bridge and ended up in a place that was beyond our imagination, so serene and poetic.

2014-06-07 Lake Blanche Hike

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We went hiking with 小木 on Saturday morning. The trailhead is located at the big S of the Big Cottonwood Canyon (about 4 miles from the mouth of the canyons) and the parking lot is always full due to its popularity. It was a gorgeous day to hike this beautiful trail. Uncommon to other trails in the Big Cottonwood Canyons is that you will find some red rock formation toward the end of the trail near lake Blanche. Also at the rock climbing place you will be able to see the Great Salt Lake.

2014-04-20 Mill Creek Canyon Pipeline Hike

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I went hiking with my church friends on Sunday (4/20) afternoon. The trailhead called Rattlesnake Gulch is 0.7 mile from the fee station at the Millcreek Canyon. The name sounds scary, but we didn't encounter any snakes on the trail this time of the year. But you will probably in summer months. The first 0.6 mile on the trail gains the most elevation (around 700 feet). Then you will be at the trail junction. Take the left (going west toward the valley) on the Pipeline trail. It is about a mile to the Salt Lake valley lookout. There were lots of wild flowers called arrowleaf balsamroot at the lookout. You get an awesome view of the valley (west).

2014-04-06 Utah State Capitol Cherry Blossom

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多年來一直想去看看猶他州政府廣場前四百多棵的櫻花繽紛綻放，但是去年還是錯過了。前­幾天在台灣的時候上KSL網絡看到觀眾上載的照片，知道現在是櫻花盛開的時候了。於是­在週日教會結束之後，決定和Phoebe一起去State Capitol觀賞櫻花(麗珠去買菜錯過機會)，結果真是不虛此行，不僅櫻花盛開，天­氣還晴時多雲偶微雨，正是拍照的好時間。