thirteen years

 Happy moveiversary to us!  We moved from Maine to SLC on October 3, 2009, and yet I can't believe another year has gone by so quickly.  Because of that, we count our year as running from October to September.  This is our third thin year in a row: we had big plans for lots of summer hiking that just didn't materialize (so frickin' hot), and we haven't yet MTBed in Park City in 2022 (so frickin' hot PLUS stupid high gas prices).  We did go to Moab a lot but this summer saw us sticking with hikes we do on a regular basis (so frickin' hot and need water for Milton); hopefully our new year will have cooler temperatures soon so we can try some new stuff further afield.  In any event, here's a quick recap of our year.

October - Hiking in Moab (Hidden Valley and Amasa Back); early stoke for skiing; getting back into baking; our week's vacation in Moab.

November - Hiking and MTBing (and searching for our favorite bartender) in Moab; revisiting the hike up Mt. Olympus; turkey trot; Thanksgiving in Moab.

December - Ski season begins (and I get back on the slopes after 21 months away); Moab weekends are getting colder so when H MTBs, A and M hike; Christmas in Moab.

January - Home-cooking: fougasse, muffins, brownies, cookies, stews, soups, perfecting our Bloody Mary recipe; skiing (lots of bluebird days); new hikes: Determination Tower, Little Arch on the Poison Spider Mesa.

February - Spring skiing in the winter (no snow for a month); H worked with Milton on his MTBing; home-cooking: kardemummabullar, apricot galette, olive bread; new hike: Capt. Ahab; catching up with friends at Piper Down.

March - Some new snow and storm skiing (finally); home-cooking: cookies, bread, soup, chili, tofu schwarma; hikes at Monitor and Merrimac buttes, the Slickrock trail, Echo Canyon and the Abyss; MTBing; H gets recognition for having the best mustache at Alta.

April - Spring-ish skiing, plus ski season ends; hikes at Steelbender, Rodeo trail (Horsethief system), Moab Rim; Moab visit with A's brother, sister-in-law and niece.

May  - A week in Moab with MTBing and hiking (Sylvester trail, along Kane Creek); the flowers started popping in the desert; H started getting serious about road riding again. 

June - H's parents came to visit; H had to travel some for work and A went back to Maine to see family; exploring around Millcreek in the Steelbender area; screech owl and baby goats; Utah gas prices $5.19/gallon (or higher).

July - Our CSA boxes begin (sooooo much zucchini to come); wildflowers at Alta and Snowbird; H gets his RadWagon cargo bike and Milton refuses to ride in the cargo bucket; Moab hikes in Mary Jane Canyon, upper Grandstaff Canyon and foolishly following a BASE jumper trail above the Colorado River.

August - Massive floods in Moab; more CSA produce; visitors from back East; A gets new hiking boots; Millcreek Canyon (SLC) hikes at Grandeur Peak, Pipeline/Elbow Fork/Terraces and Big Water trail; return to hike Kane Creek (Moab) to find no water in it; frickin' HOT.

September - More visitors, this time H's aunt and uncle; hiking up at Alta; MTBing and hiking in Moab; more CSA produce (seriously, so much squash).

And now we start our new year!  There will be time spent in Moab (uh, no kidding) but I'm hoping we can get over to Park City to MTB at least a couple of times before the snow flies.  Oh, and I'm really hoping that a lot of snow flies this year!