wherever you go, it’s up

October 10, 2009, Saturday. So, because I’ve been forced into it, I went for a run (a thirty-minute slow jog, to be honest) and H went for a bike ride (from our apartment to partway up Little Cottonwood Canyon). We both returned, reporting Very Hilly Terrain. And miles to go before either of us have any real aptitude for the altitude. Afterwards we swung by our P.O. box (thanks, SB!) and then headed to the Capitol area of SLC. This is where you find City Creek Canyon (375 No. Canyon Rd.).

City Creek Canyon is a six-mile, paved path that follows the creek up a narrow, heavily vegetated canyon. We parked to the south of the canyon by a pretty, well-kept park called Memory Grove. There’s an off-leash dog park on one side of the creek in Memory Grove but we kept to the other side and B was so busy sniffing and marking her new territory (she’s such a lady) that she didn’t mind the other dogs frolicking nearby.

CCC itself has lots of picnic areas and clean outhouses all along the way. And it climbs steadily the whole way up. We saw several cyclists, a good number of pedestrians and just a couple of joggers … which was not a good sign as CCC is the site of one of the Turkey Trots H is telling everyone I’ll be doing. We didn’t end up walking the whole thing (six miles one way, remember?) – just perambulating for 1.75 hours , but this place is such a great oasis in the city that we’ll be back for sure.

After our walk (B = tired!), we swung by the self-storage place for our television (no cable (or internet) ‘til 10/13 but it’s best to be prepared) and a few other random pieces of furniture, and then headed home for a quiet evening in.