Saturday was the first day for the Salt Lake Farmer’s Market and my friend Lori and I were there to greet it with open arms! Although it was more of a rainy Oregon day we still had a good time getting fresh veggies and sampling yummy foods from all the vendors, here is Lori at the Wyomatoes stand making an early season purchase of tomatoes, yum!
There was a handful of musicians, these two had by far the best outfit…
We had some delicious “Happy Cakes”…
These pancakes had everything on them and then they drizzled them with an apple cider syrup, it was so good…
Some of the glyphs date back to pre-columbian times but as you can see the “wheel” was most likely done during the time of the pioneers. Either way it was pretty cool, I love the little goat glyphs. We drove back through Arches on the way home and caught a glimpse of Delicate Arch, the parking lot for the hike up to the Arch was full, ugh, so we went to the other parking lot for the viewpoint…
So we are going to have to go back for a more close up picture perhaps even earlier in the season to avoid the crowds. We also hit up the Island in the Sky district of Canyonlands to see Mesa Arch. I think this was probably the most impressive view/arch that we saw and again we were one of two cars in the parking lot which made it even more excellent…
Kirsten and I stalking a large Buffalo at Antelope Island…
And a picture of Jas on the Supreme lift at Alta…
We went skiing at
The above picture is of Capitol Reef, Jas and I got away last weekend, we first explored Bryce and then on the way home took a quick tour of Capitol Reef. I can’t wait to go back to do more hiking at Capitol it was absolutely amazing there, even better was the fact that we had the whole park to ourselves, literally we did not see another person!
Above is a picture of Jas cross country skiing at Bryce, looks as though he is about to go over the edge! We had perfect weather this day, totally clear and warm enough to ski with just a long sleeve shirt on.
We also had a fun time exploring the SLC night scene which included a sad and hilarious attempt at “bar hopping” we ended our evening by performing Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believing” at a Karaoke bar, it is pretty safe to say we were the only ones with talent, immediately after our performance despite the entire bar’s pleads for us to stay and give an encore, we left the building. Here is a picture of Lindsay from that night…
After Lindsay left Steph came into town for Thanksgiving! We had a good time as well, one of the absolute highlights of her trip was when we managed to come across 7 Newfoundlands at a very posh pet store in Park City, the owner of the dogs (and the store) must have sensed my love for them (I did tell him at least three times “I love them”) and gave us 2 Newfie’s for us to walk around Park City!!! I was beyond excited, in fact I am still worked up about it, made my month!
Oh Yeah we were pretty serious about it, our very own little Whoville! Steph and I also cooked a turkey and did the whole Thanksgiving feast (mini style since it was just Jas, Steph and myself). The turkey turned out amazing, although I have to say that while Lindsay was here she and I cooked a full turkey breast in preparation for my first bird and it was by no means an easy task, in fact it was a disaster. Luckily the second bird turned out and was just wonderful, all credit going to Steph since I had to work the night before Thanksgiving when she did most of the work making the brine and everything else. This picture is blurry but check that bird out!
We are pretty sure this is the same mom and baby moose duo that we saw two months ago as it is fairly close in terms of moose legs to where we spotted them last time. However this was a much more precious sighting as we had them all to ourselves! I think I could definitely get used to this moose thing, they are surprisingly graceful despite their large size and they seem to be so peaceful especially in the snow (from a safe distance that is). Anyway, our purpose for heading up the mountains was really to see the fall foliage; here is Jason with some colorful Aspen trees in the background…
I love our mountains, can’t seem to get enough of them and I am so excited for winter when they will be covered with a nice blanket of snow! Kelsey and Michael also came to stay with us for a few days, unfortunately Jason’s schedule was a bit hectic so he wasn’t able to hang out too much. I was able to accompany them up to Little Cottonwood for a picnic lunch and take a ride on the tram up to Hidden Peak…
After a long day in the canyon what could be better than a giant milkshake from Iceberg?
We each split a milkshake since there is more than enough for one person when you order a Regular sized shake! Jason is not a fan of Iceberg Drive-Inn since they forgot his chicken nugget dinner but since I emailed the company and explained our frustration with the service we received, they sent us a 10 dollar gift certificate to make up for our troubles! I do like their sign even though their service sucks 
