August 2, 2010

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. 

26 comments:

  1. go Daisy...great photos...

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  2. Such beautiful country you live in Janie. I love the wild flowers. We have many deer and no natural predator for them so the wildflowers are eaten to the ground.
    You all look like you are having a marvellous summer. Thanks for sharing.
    Smiles

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  3. I love the photos of you riding through the wildflowers! Beautiful high mountain scenery. Has it been raining there, Janie?

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  4. lovely ride--did you get rain this week?

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  5. Strawberry Reservoir - what a delicious name. I expected to see wild strawberries ;-) The wildflowers are so beautiful and the views are quite magnificent. Daisy is very fit, covering distances more fitting to a Dalmatian than a Labrador - it's the early training that's enabled her, of course.

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  6. Magnificent views and a lot of wildflowers. We still have quite a few flowers here also. Daisy so reminds me of Carson when I walked in the woods always going at least twice as far as me.

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  7. Hi Janie, Wow is all I can say... Seeing those gorgeous wildflowers in all of their colors PLUS that view has got to be totally breath-taking. I'm so envious!!!!! You are SO fortunate to live where you do--and get to see God's glory from way UP HIGH....

    Thanks for sharing.
    Hugs,
    Betsy

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  8. That's an interesting two track ... up so high. You have the good life for sure!

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  9. Every month I drive through Strawberry but never get off the road to see all those beautiful flowers, lucky you!

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  10. That beautiful adventure just took me away on another mind journey, Janie. Thanks for the escape from the hum-drum, I enjoyed it.

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  11. I always enjoy visiting your blog. Your pictures make me think of what my daughter wants her life to be... living in the wide open spaces and riding in such beautiful places.

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  12. Isn't this the area where you were saying we should meet? It's gorgeous. We should definitely meet here next time.

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  13. Wonderful and excellent Great post.

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  14. You ride in some of the most beautiful places I have ever seen. I can see why Daisy gets so excited when she is there with you.

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  15. What an outing. So beautiful. Sighting the elk is great.

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  16. It's so perfect up the hill there ~ flowers, clean air & clear blue sky! And Daisy is a great companion to your ride :-)

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  17. What a stunning ride. Those wildflowers are lovely!

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  18. Wow, nice to see elk on the high prairie. I'm impressed that the ATVs aren't out there tearing up the meadows--huge problem here.

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  19. The place seems to be paradise.
    It is dreamlike scenery. . .

    I celebrate your happiness.

    From the Far East.
    Greetings.
    ruma

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  20. What gorgeous scenery and the wildflowers... oh my!

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  21. What a beautiful ride.
    Daisy rocks!!!

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  22. What an amazing sight to see all those elk! The other sights are amazing, too, but I'm in awe of the numbers of elk! I'm also impressed that Daisy can be on her feet for so long. Do you ever have to give her a ride with you on Boss or Mischief?

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  23. Such wonderful scenery and so many beautiful wildflowers! Gorgeous!

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  24. I would like to exchange links with your site uthappytrails.blogspot.com
    Is this possible?

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