Free fallin'

Our seemingly interminable week of rain* finally ended, and so we headed to Millard Canyon to hike -- certainly the most serious mountain climbing I've ever done.


... and the payoff at the end:


Mostly, though, I was my usual subdued, contemplative self:**


--Maddie

* -- If Mom and Dad stay here long enough, eventually I will probably start saying things like this with a straight face.

** -- It will probably never be possible to say this with a straight face.