Trips to the SPRINGS!

For the first and third week in June I've been working in Colorado Springs. The last time I was in the Springs was when I was in diapers. The area is beautiful and I wished I could have done more sight seeing.

Aerial photographs after take-off from Salt Lake International Airport.

My room at Residence Inn Colorado Springs North at Interquest.

Garden of the Gods.

Pikes Peak.

Backyard Work

Before the rain turned our backyard into a mud pit, we'd been working each weekend on the backyard. With the help of my folks, family, and neighbors, our outdoor projects have been coming along nicely. I've compiled a bunch of photographs below.

Making garden boxes from landscaping timbers.

The good ol' Blue Truck.

Ken movin' some rocks for a small retaining wall near the garden area.

At American Stone in Lehi we picked out some Cherokee slabs, which would become the steps up into the garden.

Loading the rocks into the truck... it took two trips for four slabs.

Garden area with new stone steps!

Digging a drainage ditch.

Moving more rocks.

I broke Ken's wheel-barrel. Opps...

Building a wall.

Re-burying sprinkler lines.

Digging, shoveling, digging, and more shoveling.

View from the backyard.