Take that Giardia!

Amber kindly recommended a little hike up past Vivian park. We enjoyed the fall leaves and the cool refreshing water from Big Springs. Speaking of, I didn't get any giardia, did anybody else? For the record, Mom, we don't normally go around drinking straight out of the river. After a thorough and thoughtful investigation, we all decided the water was ok. Group think, quite possibly so, and yet, I was so hot and thirsty, I might have still had a sip despite our scientific conclusions.



Hills on fire (but thankfully not Boulder-style)



Attempting a girl picture before the sun went down.



Danny and Aly return to the wheat field where they took their some announcement pictures.



Amber & Danny looking all tan. Oh wait, they really are.



Where might this path lead? Ah, into a bunch of orange trees.



Thank you Archie for obliging me.



All done. You may want to zoom into this picture and look at how filthy Aly's and Amber's feet are. I was the only one to rinse off in the river post hike. Not a good idea. Water + dirt = muddy flip flops