Super 8 Provo Ut

... grona boner gryta, sot potatis mos med marshmallows, "stuffing" min favorit ar en sorts brod gryta med kyckling buljong och gronsaker, cranberry sylt, brunsas, och sa klart pumpkin paj. Men jag var inte chef for pumpkin pajen och sjalvklart branda nagon annan den!!!

Massa Wii har det spelats med, en valdigt lyckad och trevlig Thanksgiving har vi haft!

... along with last night, which was 100% free thanks to the late "Best Rate Guarantee" deal (may it rest in peace). Over the past 2.5 years, we have stayed in many hotel rooms for free across the country. Alas, Wyndham has changed their Best Rate Guarantee (known affectionately as BRG) policy so that it doesn't include free rooms, and this is the last room we had booked under the BRG deal. It's the end of an era, and boy, did we have a good run.

This is the earliest in the season I've ever gone snowboarding. There was enough snow, so my dad and I went up to Brighton. Well, kinda enough snow. It's still important to watch out for rocks and little bushes everywhere. It was also a ...

... Then there are cabins and a couple restaurants, and paying a three dollar fee to leave the canyon is kinda weird. To anyone who ever goes up there, see if you can spot the sailboat. Now that's something I didn't see the first time! I have to say, finding a sailboat in the mountains of Utah is right up there with finding buses in a forest in the highlands of Scotland.

... Autumn! The golds and reds hurt your eyes they're so bright, not freeze-dried like ours at home. They didn't have that single digit stuff we had obviously--it's full blown, walk-about-in-shirtsleeves fall here.
The place where we're staying is in a beautiful setting right on the banks of the Provo river with a great little river walk amongst the trees. It couldn't be more picturesque. We had a lovely--simply lovely--walk this ...

... Not only were the leaves changing but there was snow from a storm the other day. It was crazy, one day last week I was wearing shorts and a tank top and the next it was FREEZING, I had to scrape ice off the window, could see my breath and was wearing tons of layers. Spring and fall weather in Utah is random.

Millcreek Canyon had many hiking and mountain biking ...

... It was locked, so I guess someone must have cut it or something.

I don't have much to say about the day and debated even putting it on the blog, but I thought there were a few good photos at least. Enjoy!

... The entrance and camping areas were neat and beautifully landscaped with lots of trees and shade. Our rig was too long to get a spot on the creek but our pull-through was close enough to see & hear the babbling. All of the sites were small and close together which lacks privacy but everyone was friendly and everybody had dogs. The campground has one of the nicest pet play areas I’ve seen and Nitchie enjoyed running free inside the pen. That ...

... would be interested in going. So since she hadn't had much (or really none) experience at riding and it had been AGES since I had ridden I found a trail that would be suitable for both of us. We did the Stewart Falls Trail Ride from Sundance Resort (owned by Robert Redford, just thought I'd throw that out there). We started the day by stopping at WalMart so Chrystal could get some long pants for the 2 hr trail ride and then proceeded ...

... Rivers Seen so far: Potomac, Ohio, Mississippi, Missouri, Colorado Phrase of the Day: "You are about to drive on a 23 mile road that is narrow, windy, dangerous and has extreme drop-offs" On National Parks pamphlet given to us as we entered CO National Monument Answer to yesterday's trivia question: Site of World's First Rodeo = Deer Trail, CO (according to sign we saw on side of highway) Bonus Trivia Answer: ALL of the above (according to a placard at the CO State Capitol ...