Heber Valley

We have spent a relaxing month at Mountain Valley RV Resort in Heber City, Utah. We have nieces within an hour drive and wanted to spend some time with them. We had originally planned a week, but upon realizing that the resort weekly rate was half the off-season monthly rate, we decided to enjoy an entire month. We do have to pay electric though, and I'm sure that's going to be a doozie with the two cold snaps we've had.

We took a couple of scenic drives in the area. We drove the Mirror Lake Scenic Byway through the Uinta Mountains and walked around the lake. We spotted several dispersed camping areas. Hunters were claiming their spots. Later, we took the Daniels Canyon road (US Route 40) east to Strawberry Reservoir, Duchesne, and looped back on Wolf Creek Highway. Wolf Creek is beautiful - and closed in winter. 

Bald Mountain Pass

Mirror Lake

We hiked in Wasatch Mountain State Park with Daryl and Patti. Daryl is a friend of Harold's from high school days. We drove past Sundance, the ski resort owned by Robert Redford, on our way to hike Stewart Falls. We saw glimpses of the Olympic ski jumps in Park City. We drove through Provo Canyon several times, stopping at Bridal Veil Falls more than once. 

Along the trail - Wasatch State Park

Bridal Veil Falls

We enjoyed Halloween with our nieces, watching their kids go on a scavenger hunt in lieu of the traditional trick or treating.  Then, while the escape room style puzzle was in its final preparation, we had some bubble fun. 

We then came back to the camp site and participated in the trick or treating at the campground. We probably had around 15 or so kids participating. It still took over a 200 pieces of candy.  I blame it on Cousin Eddie. 😜

I had to laugh!

We rented the red caboose on the Heber Creeper for an afternoon train ride along the Deer Creek Reservoir. The kids, big and little, enjoyed the benches in the cupola. I imagine the caboose is very popular for kids' birthday parties. 

Brothers, still kids at heart

Perhaps one of the more unique things we did was go for a soak in the Crater. It's a geothermal hot spring enclosed in a beehive shaped crater that opens at the top. The water is a perfect 90 - 96 degrees. It's 65 feet deep, and one of our nieces got her scuba certification there. How cool is that?

While the resort is open year round since there are plenty of ski resort employees and enthusiasts in the area, we're ready to move on. Those snow capped mountains are beautiful, but we're ready for warmer weather.