twelve years

Happy move-iversary to us!  We arrived in Salt Lake City on October 3, 2009 - starting the clock on our October to September personal calendar.  In keeping with tradition, here's what we've been doing for our past year.  Like last year, this one seems a little thin: the pandemic sticking around, me not skiing, the summer's excessive heat and wildfire smoke curtailing our usual routine of hiking and biking.  As you will see (or have seen, if you're a regular reader of this little blog), we've been in Moab a LOT.  No complaints about that, though.

October 2020: Hiking at Alta; new MTB helmets; MTBing at Alta; a week in Moab, including MTBing (Moab Brand trails, Dead Horse Point State Park, Navajo Rocks), hiking (Amasa Back, Pritchett Canyon, Jeep Arch) and catching up with friends (Erica, Kylie and Mo); hiking Mt. Wire with Ted; more Moab hikes: Steelbender, Hells Revenge and the Slickrock trail.

November 2020:  Last Park City MTB with Ted; Saltfire Brewing; windy MTBing in Moab; change in the weather; homebodying and trying new recipes; ski areas slow to open up (no/low snow); Thanksgiving in Moab.

December 2020: Alta finally opens with low snow and pandemic precautions, A decides to cash in her pass and H learns that he doesn't love skiing by himself; baking projects: three kinds of bread (with varying success), scratch brownies, dog cookies and pineapple upside-down cake; Christmas in Moab.

January 2021: H drives to ski instead of taking the bus; Alta's lift lines are very l o n g; baking projects: gingerbread cake, multiple bread attempts, wholemeal muffins, applesauce bread; Baldy's Main Chute opens; no snow but bluebird ski days; long weekend in Moab with hikes on 7-Up and the Slickrock trail.

February 2021: Moab hiking: Amasa Back, Moab Brand trails (and H on his MTB), Poison Spider; baking projects: golden milk cake with vanilla frosting and a chocolate bundt cake with chocolate ganache; major snowstorm bringing nine feet of snow and putting Alta into "maximum interlodge" for sixty hours; H has a great ski day at Deer Valley with a couple of buddies.

March 2021:  Devil's Castle opens for the first time all season; Moab hiking: Four Arch Canyon, Moab Brand trails (H on his MTB), Pipedream, Moab Rim trail; baking projects: banana-nut muffins, scratch brownies, golden milk cake with vanilla frosting (two layers this time!) and a chocolate bundt cake with chocolate ganache; beers at the Hog Wallow.

April 2021: Starting to look like spring; Moab hiking: Jackson/Cliffhanger loop, Day Canyon, Moab Brand trails (with H on his MTB); spring skiing; outside beers at Campfire Lounge with Milton and inside beers at Grid City; baking: scratch brownies, pumpkin-raisin-walnut muffins; wildflowers in Moab; Alta closes for the season.

May 2021: Beers at Hog Wallow and Campfire Lounge (with Milton); afternoon with friends; week in Moab, MTBing (Moab Brand trails, Dead Horse Point State Park, Klondike Bluffs and Navajo Rocks) and hiking (Oowah Lake, Pipedream, Alcove Spring, Pritchett Canyon, Jackson's Hole); SLC hike to Avenues Twin Peaks.

June 2021: Mulching Moab; also hiking (Mary Jane slot canyon, Millcreek Canyon, Moab Rim trail) and MTBing (Moab Brand trails, Dead Horse Point State Park) Moab; beers at the Spitfire Smokehouse with Milton; MTBing with Ted (Jordanelle State Park, Round Valley); Pack Creek fire in the La Sals; beers with Milton at the Brickyard Bar.

July 2021: Hiking the Alta "ridge run;" MTBing with Ted at Round Valley; July 4th in Moab with MTBing in the usual spots and a couple of Millcreek hikes with the dog; Alta wildflowers; A goes to Maine and H rides his legs off in Moab for the week.

August 2021:  Flash floods; really bad blown-in wildfire smoke from California and Oregon; Moab MTBing and hiking (Amasa Back, Jeep Arch, Millcreek Canyon); Clementine Ranch; 20th anniversary and a hike to Ibantik Lake in the Uintas.

September 2021: Emma Ridge hike; Labor Day long weekend in Moab with hiking and MTBing; MTBing with Ted at Round Valley; Grid City roof deck with Milton, Erica and Kylie; beers with Milton at the Garage Grill; baking: rustic apple galette.

Happy twelfth move-iversary and here's to the start of a new year!