A trip to the top!

 Welcome to another adventure ! Today was fathers day, so we decided to  head out to the top of northern Utah. This trail begins at Mantua and heads up to what is known as Inspiration point. The trail used to be a good rock crawling trail, but alas, the tree hugging, Subaru driving, head ranger lady bitch has made it into a boring trail. It's very sad when you see mini vans up where they shouldn't be. Though, they wont be going up soon..... there were a couple of nice deep mud holes that wouldn't take to kindly to mini vans at this point in time. Anyway, the above foto was taken on the trail up. It shows part of Pineview dam off in the distance. 

 Once you reach the top, the view is endless. This is looking back over the way we came. I have a few other fotos that I took but i liked this one. There are still patches of snow here and there, but nothing to bad. The one gnarly mud hole was a blast to play in and I really wished there had been more of them.

 This is Willard peak. It is the highest point in Box Elder county. Inspiration point is the the trail head to hike up to the peak. I have never done the hike and I really don't think I ever will. I am just too fat and old. From the point I was able to take fotos with the telephoto lens of Ogden, Logan and Tremonton. I also had the gopro video going, but the battery died before we got to the top. Stupid thing! So, we ordered 2 new batteries and a charger so this doesn't happen again. 

Down in the valley below the peak, there is a small picnic area with tables. We actually did it right this time and brought food. Nothing like a good meal while you are Jeeping. The trip down was uneventful and for once, we didn't see any animals, other than a few squirrels and chipmunks. Being sort of a holiday weekend, we did see plenty of humans. Not my favorite animal to see but what can you do?  'Twas a great day though and I cant wait to return and follow some of the trails that leave the main one. Jeep on my friends!