Now that Ken is retired, he spends a good deal of time hiking and birding. He and his brother, Don, do a lot of it together. A few weeks ago, they got up in the wee hours of the morning to be out near Cedar City to watch the mating rituals of the Greater Sage Grouse.
Petroglyphs at the Gap
They saw these petroglyphs on the way out.
Mating Ritual of the Greater Sage Grouse
Flight Path Arrows on Shinob Kibe Hill
On another day, he and several friends from our ward hiked Shinob Kibe, a hill in our area. On the top of the hill is a cement arrow. These arrows were featured in the April National Geographic. They were placed on hilltops all throughout the United States before WWII to guide pilots on their flight path.
East Rim Trail in Zion National Park
Ken's brother, Rick just this last weekend organized a hike of family members on the East Rim Trail in Zion National Park. It is the one Zion trail that many of them had never hiked. Ken's brothers Don, Rick, and Jim and his wife Leslie all hiked it. It's about a 13 mile hike. Many of their children went as well.
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| Randy, Bryan, Leslie, Jim, Rick, Ken, Randy, Brett, Melanie, Don, Travis- all Hintons! |
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| The Rick Hintons: Rick, Travis, Bryan, and Brett |
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| Jim took a picture of Ken taking a picture |
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| The Hinton Hikers at the end of the trail: Don, Ken, Melanie, Lavar (Randy's son- so there were three generations), Randy, Rick, Brett, Travis, Bryan, Jim, Leslie |
3 comments:
What an interesting post! Ken is having some grand adventures with his retirement. He got some good pics of the mating ritual of the sage grouse and of those petroglyphs. So cool!
What fun adventures! Do you remember going out in the dessert in the Sport King with Mom and Dad to observe the sage grouse back when we were in high school? It rained cats and dogs..So fun that all the Hintons can get together often.
What a wonderful hiking and birding trip and they saw so many awesome sights - WOW! Memories were made that can be enjoyed forever.
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