Cedar Breaks
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A beautiful morning to visit Cedar Breaks National Monument.
 It had been years since we had been there and I had forgotten how spectacular it really is.
 Our friends, Steve and Marla Lundgren. This was their first time to Cedar Breaks.
 It was windy and cool at over 10,000 feet altitude.
There was a fun little Visitor Center where we could learn all about the area.
 "Cedar" refers to the juniper trees that grow on the slopes below the park. "Breaks" describes the eroded badlands where the edge of the plateau breaks away to a lower area. (Now you have the explanation, too!)
 The Visitor Center had great view windows.
 The Lundgrens are fun and easy to vacation with -- we tend to enjoy the same things.
Going to check out the "chessmen"."
 All the small stacked formations are supposed to remind you of chessmen lined up.
 We took a short hike looking for wild flowers. We happened to be there on the first day of the official wildflower festival, but I think their dates were about a week too early this season because there weren't really any to see yet. Nature is so unpredictable!
 Steve did find some great pinecones from an old bristlecone pine.
Our friends went on ahead and we decided to take a "timed" photo on an old fallen log.
 Another timed photo....wait...how did that get in here?!