Big Springs Snowy Walk

It's fun to see how Big Springs changes through the seasons.  There's still a bit of snow up there--a lot more than when we took Aynie and Bryce a few days before Christmas.  This time of year is good for low saturation or black/white photos. When I saw the snake grass in the snow and the moss on the tree trunk I thought that was the only bright natural color other than brown outsidse this time of year.  I do love when the sky is clear blue behind a sunset pink washed Timpanogos mountain, however.

The mud and pot holes were huge.

First Snowy Walk of the Season

Bob and I headed up to Big Springs for a walk. We'd biked the last time we were there and we did spot tire tracks from a fat bike.

"Hummm, bear claw marks??"

The spring had water flowing.

Big Springs Traipse

I need to explain why I'm using the word traipse so often recently. During November while riding in the car together, Mark, Shannon and Whitney where introduced to a new word, traipse.
Even Mark had never heard of it and didn't know what it meant. I can't imagine, but I'm getting on in years. Now, whenever I went for a walk or hiking Mark would say, "Going out for a traipse, eeeh?" He's a funny dude.

I was feeling low Sunday afternoon, after Christmas, after Mark went into the MTC, after getting to talk to Brad on Skype a few days earlier and Bob suggest we go up to Big Springs. He was sick with bronchitis but was willing to walk up a bit. He eventually made it up to the meadow. I was so happy that the sun was still hitting the east side of Cascade Mountain. Light is everything when it comes to photos.