Get out of the house!

After he got to see Grandpa Saturday, we headed out to Butterfield Canyon to hike.  Much needed exercise and fresh air.

Lower canyon.  Juniper trees and sagebrush.


Looking north to the mine.


East view of the valley below.


The now unused BLM wild burrow center.


Natural gas pipeline right of way.  We're headed back to walk it next.

704 feet of elevation climbed.  It felt great!


Overburden piles from over 100 years of mining.


At the top!  Ironically, Kennecott has an air quality monitoring station here.  From the company that burns 1,000 gallons of diesel fuel an hour 24 hours a day!