AND THERE"S SNOW!!!!!!

 Roger had been up to the cabin earlier in the week and said that we had to
go back up to see the colors as the aspens around the cabin were turning their fall color of bright yellow and were truly amazing. He also suggested that we drive up Big Cottonwood Canyon and over the mountain to Park City to see what the foliage was like there.  Sometimes it's a matter of just dropping everything and going, because if you wait one day too long, the colors will be gone. 

That morning we woke up to low hanging clouds along the foothills by our home and reports that rain was likely in the valley with a chance of snow on the tops of the mountains. 

 

 Sure enough, driving to the top of the canyon and arriving at the local's favorite ski resort, Brighton, we found the first snow of the season.  Roger, who had purchased 10 passes to begin his skiing season and had just the week before installed a new ski rack on the top of the CJ, was one happy man!

 

Over the years this canyon has been a favorite for our family.  Many happy days have been spent rock climbing, rappelling, hiking and skiing on it's varied terrain.   The upper canyon is glacier cut while the lower canyon is stream cut, leaving rugged cliffs and slopes as a backdrop for this year's spectacular fall foliage.
  

 Leaving the canyon on the Park City side of the mountain we travelled up
I-40 towards our cabin.

It was still overcast when we reached the cabin and it rained most of the night.  I love hearing the rain on a metal roof - a wonderful way to go to sleep.

 

By the next morning, the skys were blue and the colors brilliant.  We drove through Heber City, down Provo canyon (past Sundance, home of  the Sundance film festival) and on to Provo to take Jason, our youngest, out to lunch for his birthday.

 

Just the day before I had picked up my mother to go for our weekly ride together.  We chose Mueller Park as our destination as it's only about 10 minutes from my home and yet displays all the fall beauty of any canyon around.

Tomorrow, Kim and Alan return from their Southern Utah holiday.  If Kim is up for it, I think I will take her to Mueller Park as well for one last walk in Utah.

They leave on Saturday to return to Bangkok.  I hope that they have had as much fun seeing the West as I have had hosting them.