gone fishing

To give our aging knees a break, last Sunday we didn't go hiking.  Instead we trucked on up Emigration Canyon to Ruth's Diner, sat on the shady patio and had a Mexican omelette (H: gorgeous color but kind of light on the purported chorizo, but still tasty) and a "Patio Parfait" (A: granola, vanilla yogurt, raspberries, blueberries and strawberries which I pretended was healthy but am sure it wasn't light yogurt).

Then we wound our way past Little Dell Reservoir, through the rolling hills and to East Canyon State Park - getting good use of our state park pass, you see!  This state park is on a reservoir that is open for fishing, swimming and boating, and has picnic and camping areas as well as these cool yurts for rent (even in winter time as they have heat).

It was cooler away from the Salt Lake Valley and we just had a mellow time of it, fishing (not catching), reading, snoozing, people-watching.  There was a light breeze so you could actually sit in the sun for a bit (or a bit much, in my case) and we had snagged a covered picnic table which gave us shade when we needed it.  After watching all the boaters, we realized we'd have to add another piece of to-be-purchased equipment to our list*: another little beater aluminum boat just for excursions like this.

* Working list includes:  mountain bikes, powder skis, camping/backpacking gear, beater beer fridge, Jeep, teardrop trailer ...