Salt Lake City (A)musings: September 2011

Joseph & The Technicolor Dream Coat

Saturday, September 3, 2011

Thanks to MaZ, Scott, Seth & I have been enjoying a couple of plays at the Hale Center Theater. MaZ gave us a gift certificate for the theater as a Christmas gift. The theater is a small one, in the round and every seat in the house is great. So far we've seen A Tale of Two Cities, The Hasty Heart and Joseph & the Technicolor Dream Coat. Awesome! I suppose one of the thrills for me is to take my 17 year old football playing son to the theater and to watch him enjoy the show. He's not really thrilled about going many places with just Mom & Dad, but he always clears his calendar for the Hale performances!

Even if he isn't looking at the camera, you can still see Seth's smile while we're waiting for the play to begin.

And in case you're wondering why he doesn't bike or hike with us on Saturday mornings, it's because he's loading mulch at MillCreek Gardens, the local nursery.

Seth at work...and bummed that he's not biking with Mom & Dad.

Wasatch Boulevard

Two miles up the road from us is the shoreline of the ancient Lake Bonneville...and nowadays there's a road that follows the shoreline: Wasatch Boulevard. It's a favorite of bikers in Salt Lake because it follows the ridge, has wide shoulder and great views of the valley.
On Saturday of Labor Day weekend, Scott & I decided it was our turn to ride the Wasatch. We hopped on our bikes and headed uphill...Two miles of uphill just to get to the boulevard. I was wiped. We rode about 4 miles of it and then I called it quits. I just wasn't feeling so great.

Stormy skies all above the Valley.

On Labor Day, we decided to tackle it again. This time, we drove our car up the hill, to Einstein Bagels. I got my usual. (Mom, do you know what kind of bagel I had?) Then we hopped on our bikes and rode south, down to Little Cottonwood Canyon and back. 12 miles, 1 hour. The sky was overcast and thunderheads threatening, which made the weather perfect for riding...no hot sun beating down our backs!

Jordan River Parkway

It's been a couple of weeks since I've updated our activities!

On Saturday, August 20th, Scott & I cruised the Jordan River Parkway...a two lane biking/walking paved trail that follows the Jordan River. 18 miles, mostly flat. At one point, where the trail goes under a road, it was flooded and we had to go up and over the surface street. But no biggie--earlier in the season the whole trail was under water!