Squaw Peak

Daniel wanted to get a good hike in before we leave. He had mentioned Squaw Peak multiple times and on Friday night he committed me to getting up to the trail at 8am Saturday morning. Daniel is an early bird, I am more of an early bird now than I ever have been but still not as much as him, so when I heard him rummaging around bright and early I was ready to cancel the trip. He jumped in bed around 7:30 and about as perky as a three year old at Christmastime and announced that it was time to get up and go. I was pretty grumpy about this announcement but my heart melted in his excitement and we got up and going.
We made it to the canyon by 8 and started up a rocky trail. As soon as the rock disappeared the hike became quite steep. It was nice to be out and nature and just talk about everything that is going on in the world today. Daniel had been on this trail before-but not for a while so he tried to let me know how much longer we had left. About a half mile from the top I started to get grumpy again. It was almost four miles up and I had no idea when we would make it to the end. Finally we reached the peak. It was absolutely beautiful as we looked over all of Utah Valley. My legs felt like jello as we stood on the peak and I thought I might get sick (I'm not much of a heights person plus I was totally exhausted). But it was totally worth the trip.
 Here I am sitting at the edge. It was great to get out into nature and take advantage of how close nature is to Provo before we head out.