Petroglyphs

There has been rumor that there are some Petroglyphs in Eagle Mountain.

The rumor is true and it's right outside our front door practically!

In 2006, a developer bought some land and was surveying it to lay out the plot and stuff, and they came across the petroglyphs on some rocks in the middle of the land they bought.  It's basically been a secret since then, with the developer not ready to develop the land all these years.

Now the developer is getting ready and they want to build a park around the rocks and keep them as a city treasure for all to enjoy.  Although, the location hasn't been revealed because they don't want anyone vandalizing the artwork.  The "Fremont Indians" are well known in Utah, and Utah has the largest amount of petroglyphs art work in the country, but it's mostly in southern Utah. Before these were discovered almost 10 years ago, nobody thought the "Fremont Indians" were this far north and west...until now.

A few internet searches, and looking at the photos of the background trees (lack of) and the mountains, we were able to find the location, and it's about 3 miles from our house.  So we went out to see it, up close.

It's a little anti-climatic, as it's pretty small.  And we actually walked on the rock looking for it, not realizing it was there until we stood back and looked again.  It's kinda hard to see in these photos, but it's three stick figures dancing.

It was kinda cool thinking it's been there for an estimated 6000 years and it's just sitting there......on a rock.

We had to hurry..the sun was going down and it was getting dark.

A little hard to see it, but this is it

Another shot

The David Archuleta Show

We got tickets to the BYU Homecoming Spectacular, which is held every year during Homecoming week.  It's basically a show where various dance and singing groups from BYU showcase their best presentations.  This year, David Archuleta was the guest singer/host.

It was a really good show!

Conference Time!

Being in Utah, we were able to attend Conference in person!  It was Jacob and Hannah's first time, and it is very different being there in person instead of watching it on TV!  We really enjoyed it.

Even though we were up on the third balcony, there are no obstructions!

It was a beautiful Fall day

Go Cougars!!!

Jacob and Hannah have gotten more into BYU Football in the last 2 months since we've moved than they have all the rest of their lives!

Our wonderful friend was able to hook us up with fantastic seats for two of the games this Fall!  We had a really great time....It's SO different to attend in person than to just watch it on tv.  The first game was a night game and it was early enough in the season that it wasn't cold but it did threaten to rain on us, but we only got sprinkled on.  The 2nd game was during the day and the weather was fantastic!  Even a little warm.

Our seats are super close!

Marissa & Matt had some seats up top but we found some close to us that were not occupied.

These seats are even closer!!!  

Let's run away......To the circus!

You know we have a tradition of going to the circus....often....usually every Fall..we love the circus..it's so energetic.  This time, we had Grandma and Grandpa Gwilliam, and Grandma Bingham and even Saundra come with us!

We rode the train to Salt Lake - didn't have to deal with parking and it was kinda fun too!

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BYU

BYU is such a beautiful campus.   You would be hard pressed to find a weed in all the extensive landscaping.  BYU Grounds crew is known for their attention to detail.  Many students work for BYU Grounds and the worst part is during the winter, when it snows, they have to report to work at 4am to start shoveling snow off the sidewalks.

These pics were taken in September, far away from the snow.....

Also, we went to a sound science show and afterward got to tour the two specialty sound rooms - the anechoic and reverberation rooms.   The anechoic is sound proof - sound doesn't carry - the sound waves do not bounce around.  You can turn and face the wall, and say something, the someone standing behind you won't hear it.     It's used to science experiments and for recording artists.

The reverberation room is just the opposite.  Sound carries and echos and echos and echos....it too is used for science experiments, but it isn't used for recording artists.

Looking East towards Y Mountain from one of the rooftop terraces.

This is the non-echo room.  All those things in the arc are microphones to pick up sound from every angle from someone who would be recording.

Box Canyon

Over Labor Day in September, we wanted to try a different hike....We ended up going to Box Canyon, which up Nephi Canyon and near the tiny town of Fountain Green.

Box Canyon is a very small canyon, unmarked, and super easy to miss, as the entrance is also blocked by trees, and very very limited parking.  Most people just drive right past it.

Armed with the secret directions, we found it with no problems.  Box Canyon is actually a small slot canyon, which is where you are surrounded by tall walls of rock and you're at the bottom of the wall.

It was super cool and we loved it!  It was one of our most favorite hikes we've been on.  We would totally go back there again.

There is a small (just a trickle this time of year) waterfall at the end that you can climb up if you're daring....there is a rope to help guide you.  And there were two other parts that required a bit of spelunking, and we were so glad Matt was there (with Marissa) to help us through those parts!

Here we are deciding who was daring enough to try to climb.  The ground was super slippery cuz it was wet and covered with moss.

Matt started first.

Then Jacob tried

You go under this big rock that looked like it just fell there wedged in

Jacob & Matt going to hike to the top of the big rock

They made it!

On the way back, we went a few miles up Mt Nebo loop and this was some of the beautiful view

This is Devil's Kitchen -  just off Mt Nebo loop.  There is a small section of just red rock pillars. It was very cool.