Autumn Day

We both love mountains, so we decided to take a trip to up the Alpine Loop which is from American Fork Canyon, through the Uinta National Forest and on to Robert Redford's Sundance and Provo Canyon. 

This 20-mile drive winds through rugged alpine canyons of the Wasatch Range with inspiring views of Mount Timpanogos and other glacier-carved peaks. Timpanogos Cave National Monument (which we will save for another adventure) is located along the route.

As we drove along we saw a sign for Cascade Springs, so we left the main path to go exploring.  

This is a mountain spring which is criss-crossed by a boardwalk.  You pass lovely natural pools and then little cascading terraces filled with fish and aquatic plants.  

Although it was a lovely autumn day, we were surprised to see mainly yellow-leafed aspens and birchs, rather than the deep reds and dark golds of the hard woods in Georgia and Virginia (where our daughter Brittany lives).  But it was still a nice break from our busy times.