Pioneer Weekend Adventure Day 1

Jonathan had the day off of work today, so we packed up the Jeep and headed to the hills. We turned onto the Temple Fork Road from Hwy 89 and parked at the Sawmill Trail parking lot. We hiked 3 miles along the most beautiful, clear creek to the site of the sawmill for the Logan Temple and Logan Tabernacle.


Along the way we saw a tree chewed on by a beaver,

a bird with a green back,
plenty of the creek,

a young pioneer,

a pioneer monument,
a sign with pictures of old sawmill buildings,

and sawmill equipment.

After hiking another 3 miles down, we had a lovely lunch in the back of the Jeep. We continued up the road to the grave site of Old Ephraim the giant grizzly bear. They claim he was the same height as the monument placed over his grave. Autumn was glad there wasn't a live grizzly at the site.


We drove along some exciting Jeep roads and saw miles of wonderful wildflowers. We met back up with the highway through Right Hand Fork Canyon. What a great adventure!