Middle-Class Muggles

     I am a sucker for hot water. Which Hannah thinks is weird because I am almost always too warm. She constantly tells me that she is freezing when we are home and I'm just hanging out in a pair of shorts. But give me a hot shower, a hot tub, or best yet, a hot spring? Crank that temperature right up.      Of course with us moving to Utah, I searched to see if there were any hot springs close by. There are few things more satisfying in life then hiking in to somewhere remote, and being able to soak in deliciously warm water while enjoying nature. I found a few places with information on Fifth Water Hotsprings, located outside of Spanish Fork, Utah up Diamond Fork Canyon. The pictures found on Google seemed promising so we found a day that worked where we could get back late so I could have some prime lighting for pictures and we were off.      On a side note, if you want to head here, don't trust Google navigation on your phone. I tried...

     About a month ago, Hannah and I moved down to Ogden so I could start working before graduate school starts this fall. With orientation at my new job, unpacking, a couple building projects, and a trip up for my sister's baby showers, we have stayed pretty busy and haven't done too much hiking. Our first weekend here we were able to make it up to Logan and do some hiking with Dave and Kylee. We used to do all sorts of stuff with those two from camping, to motorcycle rides, to going on our first cruise with them. The last two years, Dave has been busy with graduate school in Utah while we were still living in Idaho. It was good to see them for longer than just dinner and great to be back outdoors with them! For their last weekend in Utah, and our first one, we hit up the Crimson Trail which is just outside of Logan, Utah.      After some decent elevation gain, the trail follows what is called the Great Wall. You can see how just off to the side of ...