Somehow, the autumn shoulder season seems shorter than the spring one: in the spring, you have to wait for the snow to melt to get out and do things in the mountains, but in the fall, you have to wait for it to snow to go out and do things in the mountains (and the ski areas get cranky if you tromp around on their newly-made snow). Solitude says they'll open in a couple of weeks and Alta is claiming three weeks to open. But it is over 60F and brilliantly sunny on the first Sunday in November so I feel like they may be being optimistic.
We didn't have much planned for the first November weekend. Milton and I did our five mile Dimple Dell loop both Saturday and Sunday mornings; the strong sunshine made it feel warmer than the high 40s. H got a little chilled but managed a road ride both mornings, pretty much the latest in the season he tends to ride in SLC. We did a bunch of chores - laundry, sweeping out the garage (oh boy did it need it), making soups and chocolate chip cookies, vacuuming (oh boy did it need it). And, with the gorgeous weather, we felt compelled to do a tailgate in the garage while we still could. I'm sure our neighbors can't wait for it to get cold enough for us to do our drinking indoors.
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment