october houseguests

With only just enough time for us to do all the Moab laundry and clean the house, H's folks arrived for a visit.  We played it pretty lowkey, keeping an eye on the weather and the suddenly cold temperatures, which made it conducive to creating homemade soups and doing some house projects, although we still got out and about.

 Nice work, guys!

We usually try to have at least one project for H's dad to do because he's handy and we are ... not.  This visit he and H replaced the kitchen sink faucet (one trip to Home Depot and then to Lowe's for better faucet selection) and also installed a much-needed handrail going down into our basement (two trips to Home Depot).

Setting up the shot-ski

On Saturday, we drove over to Park City to see what was going on.  Lo and behold, we showed up as they were setting up the World's Longest Shot-Ski in an attempt to unseat Breckinridge.  Apparently the two ski towns take turns winning the title.  This year, Park City set up 1,275 shot glasses on skis (bolted and hinged together), filled the glasses with High West rye, and set the bar a little higher for our Colorado neighbors.

Click the link below for TGR's video of the shindig

We had no idea this was going on but once we saw it, we knew we couldn't leave until the record was broken.  Sadly, no spaces were available - all pre-sold and all sold-out - so we consoled ourselves with beer and lunch at the No Name Saloon until it was time to watch the big event.  Frankly, it was a big build-up for not a whole lot, but it's all for charity and it inspired us to try our own version at back at home.  Because why wouldn't you?

No caption necessary, really