Such a great hike

Yesterday, my wife, her sister and I went on a hike to the Fifth Water Hot Springs in Springville, Utah. The mountains are beautiful this time of year as the leaves are changing and beginning to fall. We had to leave our house pretty early in the morning because the trails can get very busy this time of year because everyone wants to see the fall colors.

As we were leaving the parking lot to begin the hike, we came across this van. These people are from Argentina and have been traveling all over the world exploring. They have been traveling since 2018 and over that time, I am sure they have made some really cool memories. I would love to take a few years and just travel the world with my wife. That would be so much fun.

The hike is pretty quick and easy. It is only a 2 mile trip out and 2 miles back. At the end of the two miles, there are some hot springs to relax in before making the hike back down. The trails continues up past the hot springs and is about 10 miles long, but that would have to be for another day. That would be a multi day hike that requires backpacking in camping gear and everything. It would be fun to eventually get to that point though.

One of the coolest parts of this hike is that you are near water the entire time and the sounds of nature are so cool.

The sun was just rising as we started the hike and the birds were beginning to wake up and throughout the entire hike, we listened to the birds chirping. There isn't much to say about the hike itself, so I am just going to post a bunch of the pictures I took while hiking.

The red leaves were my favorite. I also loved when there were a bunch of deep red leaves alongside a bunch of yellow ones. It was such a cool contrast of colors.

Look like there was a mudslide or avalanche that took out some of the trees here.

This bridge is pretty much the halfway point of the hike to the hot springs. The first part of the hike is pretty easy, but once you get past the bridge, it gets a little bit more challenging because you gain some elevation. It's about a 750 foot elevation gain throughout the hike up to the hot springs.

Nature is pretty cool.

As we got closer to the hot springs, we could really smell the sulfur. The sun was also beginning to peak over the mountain ridge and the sunrise started to make the leaves glow a really cool golden color.

It was so cool getting to the hot springs right as the sun was rising over the ridge. The steam of the hot springs was so cool looking in the morning light.

There were already a few people up there soaking in the hot springs when we showed up. The temperature when we started the hike was about 37 degrees fahrenheit, so it was a bit cold, but the hot springs were toasty warm.

We didn't bring swimsuits to soak our body in the hot springs and we didn't want to get super wet and then hike down and be freezing, so we just soaked our feet in the warm water for about 30 minutes before we headed back down the trail.

It felt so good on our feet and it was super relaxing.

We got there at the perfect time because once we got in one of the sections of the hot springs, it seems like a bus full of people showed up.

We started back down the trail and I found of few trinkets chillin on a rock. It was a pretty cool find.

On the way back down, we passed so many people and their dogs. I knew the parking was gonna be crazy when we got back down because there were so many people on the trail. On our way up, we only passed probably one or two people.

It was such a great hike. By the time we got home, we were ready for a nap though because our feet were pretty tired. I ended up getting a large blister on one of my toes because my shoes I was wearing are about a half size too small and my feet weren't too happy being crammed in there.

Overall, it was a beautiful hike and I couldn't think of a better way to spend the day. It is so much fun hiking and being with my best friend. Thanks for stopping by and checking out my post. You are awesome.