Last Saturday, Sept. 29th, Aidan and I went to find a cache up above Herriman near a large watertank. We can see this water tank from our house way up atop one of the peaks near the Camp Williams National Guard training grounds. The watertank provides water for the High Country Est
ates area, tucked away up in Rose Canyon. We parked at the top of the Cove subdivision and started our hike. Finny was excited to take another hike again. I think it makes his whole week. He's getting used to the area and loves to chase lizards, mice, ground squirrels, and flocks of birds that are resting in the grass. On the way up we checked on a few of the caches that I had earlier left along the route to make sure they were okay, an
d they were still in good condition. They are not getting a lot of traffic because they are not simple neighborhood caches. People actually have to work a bit to get to them. Well, we hiked for a while and got up to the spooky house, which is the broken down house the size of a garage (see the picture of it in the last post). Aidan started to complain that she was getting tired, but I kept trying to motivate her to keep going. She
was interested to see the totaled RV and camper shell we saw off the trail and I promised her that if she made it to the watertank we would investigate them on the way back. After a while, she started to lose interest again and was walking really slowly. She saw me spit and decided she was going to chase Finny and spit on his back. This got her moving faster, running up the dirt road behind Finny, who didn
't know what was going on. Well, we made it to the top of the last hill and there it was in the distance...the watertank! This motivated Aidan to move faster, especially when she saw that I had a map of the
area. She became the navigator and led us the rest of the way. The cache was up above the watertank on a hill, and wasn't too hard to find. Aidan had made some earrings that she traded for a matchbox car, as there was not much swag to trade. We stopped to check out the views from way up there. The recent fires had made the Salt Lake Valley pretty smoggy, so it wasn't
very clear, but the morning was a perfect temperature and even started to
get warm by the time we headed back. We did end up stopping by the RV and camper shell that hadn't been lived in for quite some years. We ruined a ground squirrel family's peaceful morning, as they had moved in under the RV. Finny was too tired to chase them and just rested for a few minutes while we checked out the mess. As we approached the "Thorn" or camelback hump rock above Roase Canyon on the way back I thought I saw a person sitting atop the formation. We got out the binoculars to get a closer look, but it wasn't moving much. Once we got within a quarter mile or so the figure took off into the air. It was a massive eagle with an impressive wingspan. Aidan and I were amazed by its size. We finally made it back to the truck after a slow climb down the steep rocky trail. It was another great morning of hiki
ng
and exploring yet one more area above our city.
ates area, tucked away up in Rose Canyon. We parked at the top of the Cove subdivision and started our hike. Finny was excited to take another hike again. I think it makes his whole week. He's getting used to the area and loves to chase lizards, mice, ground squirrels, and flocks of birds that are resting in the grass. On the way up we checked on a few of the caches that I had earlier left along the route to make sure they were okay, an
d they were still in good condition. They are not getting a lot of traffic because they are not simple neighborhood caches. People actually have to work a bit to get to them. Well, we hiked for a while and got up to the spooky house, which is the broken down house the size of a garage (see the picture of it in the last post). Aidan started to complain that she was getting tired, but I kept trying to motivate her to keep going. She 
was interested to see the totaled RV and camper shell we saw off the trail and I promised her that if she made it to the watertank we would investigate them on the way back. After a while, she started to lose interest again and was walking really slowly. She saw me spit and decided she was going to chase Finny and spit on his back. This got her moving faster, running up the dirt road behind Finny, who didn
't know what was going on. Well, we made it to the top of the last hill and there it was in the distance...the watertank! This motivated Aidan to move faster, especially when she saw that I had a map of the 
area. She became the navigator and led us the rest of the way. The cache was up above the watertank on a hill, and wasn't too hard to find. Aidan had made some earrings that she traded for a matchbox car, as there was not much swag to trade. We stopped to check out the views from way up there. The recent fires had made the Salt Lake Valley pretty smoggy, so it wasn't 
very clear, but the morning was a perfect temperature and even started to 
get warm by the time we headed back. We did end up stopping by the RV and camper shell that hadn't been lived in for quite some years. We ruined a ground squirrel family's peaceful morning, as they had moved in under the RV. Finny was too tired to chase them and just rested for a few minutes while we checked out the mess. As we approached the "Thorn" or camelback hump rock above Roase Canyon on the way back I thought I saw a person sitting atop the formation. We got out the binoculars to get a closer look, but it wasn't moving much. Once we got within a quarter mile or so the figure took off into the air. It was a massive eagle with an impressive wingspan. Aidan and I were amazed by its size. We finally made it back to the truck after a slow climb down the steep rocky trail. It was another great morning of hiki
ng 
and exploring yet one more area above our city.
Bryan---once we get settled I'll have to have your family introduce our family to this. It looks fun.
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