Okay everybody, this is the Extreme talking now. I would like to take a moment of your time to list some of the adjectives I would use to most accurately describe the conditions of this trail: dry, wet, rocky, uphill, flat, downhill, muddy, snowy, then muddy again, and finally ending in a parking lot.
This is me after having driven back down the canyon to use the restroom in the local McDonald's. Moral of the story; use the restroom before your drive up a canyon you have never been to before. Don't even think about jumping the fence that says "No Trespassing."
I hope you all like this quote. The world tends to wrap a bag of something with so many strings attached and call it happiness and then entice us to chase is for the rest of our lives to in the end accomplish nothing but fill the pockets of other men and women with hard earned time and energy. If you follow the Lord, He will lead you to true happiness, that yes, is a choice to be had, experienced and shared.
Just now I was caught thinking about this analogy that I have shared about myself being an adult eagle that knows how to fly but for one reason or another, or a multitude of reasons, refuses to leave the nest he grew up in. And then I thought about a recent experience I had this weekend that included General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the wonderful associations that I have been blessed with from family and friends and influential acquaintances. The thought that came to my mind was that I CAN fly. Not like jumping off a roof and flying kind of flying. I mean the making a difference in this world kind of flying. More importantly, we all can "fly" (the making a positive difference in somebody Else's life kind of flying). 
I am reminded of President Uchtdorf's words from one of his messages during the previous October conference. he said, "lift where you stand." I wonder if there could be more positive change in this country and in this world, if we stopped waiting for the government to change and we changed ourselves. If we spent the time we do complaining about this that our the other and spent it serving someone or a group of people, I bet our country would be a better place and the future of this country would be a better future. Let's help those around us see that they too can "fly" (you know what kind). Let's help them see what difference they can make.
I hope to some day be free of the effects of the garbage that I have exposed myself in this life. I hope that I am not found without the bounds of Christ's mercy because of the sins that I have committed. I hope that I am not without the bounds of His justice because of the principles that I have obeyed. I hope to be found more worthy of the guiding influence of the Holy Ghost. I hope to never be ashamed of the truth that I have been taught. I hope to never deny Him. I hope that i may walk from this moment forward in a manner that is pleasing before Him, without fear of men or women and what they might say or do. I hope that fear will only exist in my heart for the Lord, that the fear that remains be a real love for Him and His will, not a fear of falling short or being caught when I err. I hope that I may find peace and that when I find peace that it will be prized above all the posessions that one could have. I hope that that peace will be founded on His truth and His Gospel and not on my selfish comfort zone. I hope to forget myself and go to WORK!
Searching for balance in this life is like trying to stay in one place on the deck of a ship that is being tossed to and fro in a violent storm. When you think you have gained your balance, the storm throws you in a direction you were not anticipating. Then when you have gained some sense of control, you are drenched by a wave of cold, salty sea water that only further inhibits your ability to regain your footing.
This is a view or Hyrum City from the south face of Box Elder Peak. This peak is located at the south end of the Wellsvilles and you can see if as you are driving north through Sardine Canyon towards Cache Valley. This was the beginning of the second time that I traversed the ridge line of the Wellsvilles.
This is a view looking down Dry Canyon which is the canyon just south of Logan Canyon
Never give in, Look with faith to God, look to the future and what he will do,
I love the simplicity of these words and the power that they contain. I think of Winston Churchill and how he might have expressed these simple words. I don't know when he said them, but I can imagine that they were printed in his soul by a life of making mistakes and learning from them.
The infamous "JAZZ HANDS!" Here we are approaching a ridge that would dump us back into Alta Ski Resort Parking area. Maybe it was Solitude, I forget. This hike began crossing over Cardiff Pass from the Ski Resort, then cruising down the opposite side and coming back up and over again through another canyon. I wish I had the names because this is sounding really convoluted by now.
Here is looking back at the Pfeiferhorn right before we lost the trail that would lead us down Bell's Canyon. Weston and I jumped from boulder to boulder for about an hour as we made our way through this boulder field of boulders that probably averaged about twenty feet in diameter.
One thing that I have noticed about my relationship with life is that if I don't keep in mind that my perception of the world is different then the perception of others' I will be in for a bath in very hot water.