Hiking along Little Cottonwood Road

This is Little Cottonwood Creek about 2 weeks after some flooding in Midvale from the spring runoff. That is a large log.

My trainer, Eileen.

An irrigation head gate probably from about 1870s. Ore was found in Little Cottonwood Canyon in abt 1860s.

Great view of the craigy mountains of Little Cottonwood Canyon.

Eileen then took me up Little Cottonwood Road to several hikes that were still a little easy but more difficult than the one on Wasatch Blvd. These hikes couldn’t have been better. There is nothing that can surpass hiking along the Little Cottonwood, listening to the creek, and the chirping birds and finding the PLFs, except going to the temple. PLF is what Eileen calls the pretty little flowers when she doesn’t know what they are. She loves looking at the flowers so much I felt I could do something for her for all she has done for me. I bought her a book and take along guide for the flora of the Wasatch Range.
I have been improving slowly but surely. Sometimes I would be so discouraged because this new physical exercise would flair up some of my health issues. But I just have to think that if I wasn’t doing this really fun hobby, these problems would probably flair up anyway. And I would have the flair up and not be as happy as I am now with my new hobby.