The Ridge Yurt
Easter weekend, Rich and I went on a snowshoe hike to a yurt in the Uintas with a group of friends. I can quite honestly say this was the most physically challenging thing I have ever done. It was 5 miles (6 hours) of snowshoeing to the yurt. I didn't whine once!! It was a very compatible group of people and dogs. We had 3 dogs (2 pit bulls and 1 lab mix) along on the trip. I'll admit I was not sure about having 3 dogs along, but they were great. Rich and I even had one of the pit bulls (Rae) share our double bunk on Saturday night.
An absolutely beautiful day to hike in.
Still smiling - only because I thought we must have already hiked 4 miles, when it was probably only 1 mile.
The Ridge Yurt
Cocktail Hour on the Deck: Jocelyn, Paul, Kelli, Lynda, Lisa and Rich
Same group, minus Kelli, but including me
After our sunset hike, Rich, Jocelyn and Kelli all decided it would be easier to roll down rather than hike.
Rae and Taylor with Jocelyn and Lisa
Lynda won "The Most Outstanding Yurtling" prize for serving Paul his first ever coffee in bed.
Blazing a new trail
We had a great weekend. This is a trip I will never forget, including:
Hiking down to the outhouse in the middle of the night in 10 inches of fresh powder
Having 3 days of amazing clear blue skies, and fresh snow every night
Keeping the fire blazing in the stove
3 very very friendly, well-behaved dogs, 7 very friendly, possibly not so well-behaved, people in a 20 ft. yurt
Great meals
Carrying a freakishly heavy backpack for 6 hours in and only 4 1/2 hours out
Stopping in Evanston on the way home for dinner at a restaurant that was closed, only to have the owner fire up his grill and make us amazing dinners.
No longer being a "Yurtling"
Note: Posted by Weber not Rich
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