A Midsummer Day's Dream

The area north of Strawberry Reservoir is a wildflower heaven in its summer glory. Above, you can see pink geraniums, purple penstemon, a paler purple lupine, and scarlet gilia, to name a few.

The views are spectacular any way you look.  To the south, toward Strawberry Reservoir:

To the east, toward Mt. Timpanogas:

Or to the west, toward miles and miles of river valleys, most of which is public land:

To the north are the High Uintas, also magnificent, although I don't have a photo to share of that sight. 

We rode down old two tracks some of the time,

or just cross country:

Daisy makes her own tracks, chasing after whatever catches her interest. 

Elk are always exciting. We saw a huge herd on a ridgetop: 

Daisy ran in their direction but quickly realized catching up with them would require a long climb and a lot of distance.  Good thing she saved her energy, because we rode over 15 miles that day and 3500 feet of elevation gain and loss.  With her extracurricular excursions, Daisy must have run at least 30 miles - plenty of exercise, even for an exuberant, hi-lee gifted yellow lab.