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July 24-26

My mom’s parents are from Sanpete County, Utah. My grandmother grew up in Sterling, Utah and my grandfather grew up in Ephraim, Utah. Many of my mom’s cousins and their descendents still live in that area and it has been a long-running tradition to head up to the top of Ephraim Mountain — east of Ephraim — for a family reunion around July 24.

I went to this reunion a few times when I was much younger, but hadn’t been in about 15 years. This year I wanted to go, but, being eight months pregnant, Christine was in no way interested in roughing it at 11,000 feet above sea level for two nights. So, I took Maya with me.

We had a lot of fun and got really dirty.

Digital photos

640 x 480 1600 x 1200	My sister Allison and brother Tom taking a walk along Skyline Drive.
640 x 480 1600 x 1200	My nephew Brennen shows off a cool rock he found.
640 x 480 1600 x 1200	Our campsite, as seen from near the top of Danish Knoll to the west.
640 x 480 1600 x 1200	Maya and I along Skyline Drive (the city of Ephraim is behind us some 4,000 feet below).
640 x 480 1600 x 1200	A self-taken portrait on Tom’s Ridge.
640 x 480 1600 x 1200	On Tom’s Ridge: Me, Tom, my mom, and my dad.
480 x 640 1200 x 1600	The Ephraim Tunnel. Diverts water from the east side of the mountain under the mountain to Ephraim.
640 x 480 1600 x 1200	Tom’s dog Maggie contaminates the water. Heh.
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640 x 480 1600 x 1200	This tunnel was a male-only affair.
640 x 480 1600 x 1200	My mom, dad, and new brother-in-law Darvell along Skyline Drive.
640 x 480 1600 x 1200	Tom’s dog Maggie.
640 x 480 1600 x 1200	Maya climbing Danish Knoll.
640 x 480 1600 x 1200	Maya and her cousin Cole.
480 x 640 1200 x 1600	Maya wallows in her filth.
640 x 480 1600 x 1200	Maya takes great pride in her filth.
640 x 480 1600 x 1200	Maya and me.
640 x 480 1600 x 1200	Maya shows her grandma some flowers she picked.
480 x 640 1200 x 1600	Maya’s flowers.
640 x 480 1600 x 1200	Maya demonstrates how she communicates with the aliens.
640 x 480 1600 x 1200	Tom on his ATV.
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640 x 480 1600 x 1200	A few west from the intersection of the highway which comes up the canyon from Ephraim and Skyline Drive.

Ben’s select digitals

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Ben produced this collage of photos from several he took on the trip.

SLR photos

945 x 628 2362 x 1569	My nephew Cole riding his ATV.
944 x 633 2360 x 1582	Darvell’s trailer
944 x 636 2361 x 1590	Maya and her cousins Audrey and Brennen.
708 x 474 1770 x 1184	Brennen, Maya, and Ben on a bridge composed of snow which still hasn’t melted from the previous Winter.
709 x 485 1773 x 1212	Look closely to see the in-flight snowball heading my way.
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947 x 634 2368 x 1584	Tom and Darvell watching the kids on the snow bridge.
945 x 631 2362 x 1577	Tom zooming by on an ATV.
933 x 632 2332 x 1581	A slightly digitally-modified version of the previous image which attempts to enhance the illusion of speed.