This year it took two attempts to acquire our beloved Christmas tree. The first weekend of December was bitter cold but we headed out anyway. We were stopped just before the Virgin River Gorge by highway patrol. They had closed the gorge due to black ice and snow. We turned around and came home only to hunt another day.
Our second attempt was successful. We headed up Cedar Mountain, beyond Brianhead to the parking area outside Meadow Lake Estates. We crossed the road and headed into the woods.
I was not allowed to walk into the snow to hunt trees because of my recent knee replacements. Scott, Timm and Christy all headed in to find our trees. The snow was deeper than we thought it was, so it was probably a good thing I didn't wander off the road. It certainly isn't as much as the snow though.
We found our three trees pretty quickly.
Christy really gets into this tradition of ours and she loves it too.
Scott and Christy's tree.
We even found a bird nest in one of the trees...super cool.
The successful second attempt was a pretty quick trip but we still enjoyed lunch at Lupita's Mexican Restaurant in Cedar. The dogs didn't go this year, Chris and Bri had to work. I hope next year they are all able to go with us.
