enjoying the long weekend

 The rest of the Thanksgiving long weekend passed in a blur.  The weather continued to hold all the way until Sunday, so that was a treat.  On Friday, we three went up to Sand Flats for a hike (3.4 miles) out on the Slickrock/practice loop trail.  It was quite busy up there, with a fair number of MTBers but even more dirt bikers.  The campgrounds - at least the first two - were way fuller than they had been two weeks ago.

Checking out the dirt bikes behind us

We had tasty leftovers for dinner. 

Wide open spaces

On Saturday, we did a bunch of house stuff - yard clean up, hanging pictures, house-cleaning - and A and M did a 3.2 mile town walk.  Late afternoon, our friends C and F let us know that they'd gotten a babysitter so we walked to their house and hung out there for a while for beers and boardgames.  And we got to watch as C's gigantic Christmas decorations inflated themselves.  Impressive, if slightly unhinged.

Look how big that snowman is

We had leftovers for dinner.  Still tasty.

These guys had been up in the La Sals

Sunday morning, all there was to do was get up and go.  We did run into some weather on Route 6, from Soldier Summit down to Spanish Fork: it was wet and snowing but luckily not sticking to the road yet.  (Later that evening, the road would be shut down for several hours due to crashes/slide offs).  Back in the Salt Lake valley, the rain continued.  Gloomy, yes, but bringing much needed moisture and even a little bit of snow to the mountains.  Could winter actually be coming?