THE MAKING OF A SWIMMING POOL AND SPA

Demo of the block wall took 10 minutes

Breaking ground

Starting the form of the pool

The pool takes shape

Trenching around the house for gas and electrical lines

The plumbing goes in

Next is rebar

Shotcrete finally for the pool shell

The jacuzzi takes shape

Now we need to water the shotcrete three times a day to cure

Forming the concrete deck

We have a deck

And the wall is put back together again....

Tile and stone are done

Love the stone wall on the jacuzzi; the water will flow over and down into the pool

Time to clean the shotcrete for plaster

Plastering is the last step

And finally...water

And more water

And more water--24 hours of filling the pool and spa

The end result, what a transformation of our backyard!

LOVELL CANYON HIKE--7 miles round trip

Lovell Canyon--45 minutes west of Las Vegas  in the Spring Mountains range

At a trail junction for Griffith Shadow Loop

This knoll creates the "loop" of the hike

Looking east toward the back side of Red Rock Canyon

Hiking with our friend Kristina

So many wildflowers in bloom right now--including claret cup cactus

In the shadow of Griffith Peak

PARIA RIVER and GRAND STAIRCASE NATIONAL MONUMENT

Loki, Kona and Sandy at our campsite at Quail Creek State Park in southern Utah

Another adventure with JayFlight travel trailer (Quail Creek)

Quail Creek State Park reservoir

Aaron lugging water to the trailer at Paria Guest Ranch

Driving down the ridge of Long Canyon at Paria

Hiking Long Canyon

Long Canyon narrows

Heading to Paria River narrows to hike The Box

The Box or narrows of Paria River

Amazing views

Our destination: Yellow Rock (notice how Sandy "blends")

We encountered some rain

And sunshine, and a hole in a rock

I love this area, but we were tired after this hike

Amazing color in the clouds as the sun was setting

Aaron's holding a copper tailing at the Hattie Green mine

Looking at the possible mining of copper that has since collapsed