…it’s amazing how much you can forget. For the first time in 11 years (and first time ever for Joanie) I returned to the Uinta Mountains in Utah. In my first stint with SCA I spent a summer working on the Forest Service Trail Crew out of Kamas. For what was such an unforgettable summer I seemed to forget quite a bit. Hiking the trail where I spent most of my time working and passing all sorts of trailwork along the way, I couldn’t help but lay claim to most of the stone work–”We did that, yup, we did that too.” I think Joanie started to believe that I had spent 5 summers working up there. Finally we got to the projects that I actually worked on and had to rescind all of my other claims. While we’re on the topic of memory, if you want to listen to an incredibly interesting show about memory and why an amnesiac may have better preserved memories than you check out this episode of Radio Lab. With a broken radio in both cars (NZ and USA) our podcasts have been our sole listening pleasure.
After my stumble down Memory Lane we took off for a few days of backpacking in the High Uintas. I did remember how incredible this mountain range (the only east-west range in the US) and it’s high alpine meadows and lakes were. I did forget how many mosquitoes are around this time of year. A few days, a few pints of blood, and one pancake/forest fire incident later we emerged from the mountains excited about our trip to Idaho to visit Emily!
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Tags: backpacking, mountains