Weekend Update

This weekend was great! Saturday was Christi's birthday celebration so i spent most of the day preparing for the party and doing little things around the house. We had so much fun. I really wanted to do a pool party but the weather precluded any outdoor fun so we just had a small dinner party and then chatted after dinner. It was great to catch up with friends I had not seen in a while.

Sunday was nice, just church and meetings. I got to attend a little reception for a girl returning from her mission who was a beehive of mine when I was a Young Women's President. It was really fun to catch up with her and see what an amazing woman she has become.

Monday was full of adventure. It started early in the morning with a hike up to the top of Flatiron where I met two other friends who had camped out the night before. After we ate a quick breakfast we set out for what was supposed to be an 11 mile hike through the Superstitions over the ridge line to Peralta trail in Gold Canyon. Everything went splendidly until about 6 hours into the hike when we lost all signs of the trail. We searched for our route for about an hour and finally started backtracking until we found a canyon where, in the distance, we could see the road up to Peralta. WE started down this canyon which turned out to be pretty treacherous and five hours later, as the sun was getting lower in the sky and with depleted water supplies we finally got to another trail. By the hand of God, I am convinced, this trail spit us out at the exact place we had parked our car. After giving the car a big hug we got in and drove home. I was very happy to drop my 30lb pack and take my shoes off after 12 straight hours of hiking. I am just glad we made it down with no injuries and no snake bites. I did see a snake but it was up on the ridge before we lost the trail and miraculously we never saw one while trudging through thick brush and climbing down uncharted ravines. The Lord was definitely answering my prayers for us to have made it home without harm or accident befalling us.
I attached a topo map of our trip. The red line is where we were supposed to be and the green where we actually hiked down.