dropping the ball

 We have had some wildly fluctuating weather around here in Utah over the last week: unseasonably hot temperatures, where it felt like being in a blowdryer outside in the hot wind, and then also cold (44F in the morning) and wet, with rain (yay!) in the valleys and actual snow up in the mountains.  Because of this, we have not at all started working on our list of hikes; and because gas prices are $5+/gal. these days, we haven't been inclined to drive over to Park City to do any MTBing.  Last weekend ended up being somewhat of a wasted weekend: early both mornings, before it got hot, H did local road rides while Milton and I did our Dimple Dell walk; middle of the day, before it got really hot, we spent some time reading on the still-shady patio; afternoons and evenings, it got very hot and we skulked around inside the house.

Gas costs too much for unnecessary driving, so I didn't make a run to our local Asian market, which I had hoped to do as I haven't been there since pre-pandemic.  It was too hot to bake but I did find a receipe (and actually had the ingredients on hand) to make these scrumptious vegan peanut butter/chocolate no-bake cookies, replacing half the oil with applesauce and adding some hemp seed in an attempt to make them slightly healthy.  Delicious!

Another SLC thing that we didn't do but looked fun was 2022's first Yappy Hour at Libery Park (Liberty Bark?).  Four of these dog-friendly events happen throughout the summer at different downtown parks, and each has food, live music, cold beverages and activities for all.  There are three more - perhaps we'll get to one of them.

And perhaps we'll get our acts together and do something worth posting about soon ...