We are celebrating Pioneer Day-an actual holiday here in UT with a day off work, etc.-by mostly feeling grateful for the comforts of a non-Pioneering life. We did wake up the kids early in order to hike before all the cute families and large groups of Japanese tourists hit the trails. We were in Big Cottonwood Canyon, on a trail that leads past Doughnut Falls and a small snake that had to be picked up, and up to... we don't know where, but the section we hiked was rugged and beautiful.