Wasatch Crest Ride

A crew of us decided to take advantage of the nice cool Fall weather and go for a mid-day Wasatch Crest ride on Saturday.  The Crest runs along the ridge between Big Cottonwood Canyon and the Park City area, stretching from Deer Valley Resort, north to the Canyons Resort.  The views along the ride are breathtaking and expansive.  You can look to the West and see Big Cottonwood Canyon and Brighton Ski resort, or look to the East and see Park City and surrounding Valley.

Laboring Away - 3 Days of Anything But Work

Stuck around Park City/Salt Lake area for this Labor Day and had plenty to do to fill the three days off work.

Saturday we headed to Miller Motersports Park in Tooele Utah to watch the Bonneville vintage GP. Rob's friend Donnie was racing his Honda for the first time, so we went to watch. Between all the old motorcycles, the smell of gasoline and exhaust, and the ever present sound of engines, I think Rob was in heaven.

Donnie's bike:

Sunday we went for a bike ride up the new trail they just put in by our house. It is an uphill traffic only trail which is nice because you don't have to worry about people barreling down on you as you are climbing. The only downside ... once you start you are committed to making it to the top since you cant ride your bike back down! The trail does provide you with some amazing views of Park City.

Also noticed the colors starting to change ...

Labor Day in Park City provides a lot of entertainment ranging from a Pancake Breakfast, Parade, the "Running of the Balls", (a race of over 5,000 golf balls down Main Street), and my favorite, the Mucking and Drilling competition. The competition is an exhibition of the way mining was done back in the late 1800s and early 1900s and uses old mining equipment.

Mucking:

 

Drilling:

And I can't forget to mention the true highlight of the long weekend ... Rob made his amazing ribs. Yum.