Monday, Aug 16, day 12….
Ace flipped the lights on at 6:39am and I started to move. He had the car all packed up and we were ready to go at a little after 7am.
Checked the air in the tires, got latte and a breakfast sandwich at Starbuck’s and we were off, homeward bound!!
ETA: 8:30pm (not sure about the 1 hour we gain, as it is 13 physical hours of driving time…)…
Sunday, Aug 15, day 11….
Headed to the Wasatch Mountain State Park Golf Course – today, we play the Mountain Course. The views from several holes display the Heber Valley in all its magnificence. The sky was a brilliant vault of blue, only one small fluffy cloud visible. Hot. Good thing we started at 9:38am! We finished at 2:30 –5 hours….Hot. These 2 courses (Lakes and Mountain) are really really nice and for all the play they get, they are in fantastic shape. Beautiful. Costs about $42 a piece with cart. Ace shot a 90, Buffe a 92.
Bev packed us chicken sandwiches, a few carrots, celery, and cherry tomatoes, oh, and 2 cookies. We had to stop at the 9 and get ourselves a beer. Sure tasted good….after golf, Bev took us to a milk shake place called Granny’s. It’s right on Highway 40. If you are ever in Heber, on Highway 40, STOP! You cannot believe how THICK, CREAMY, DELICIOUS, these Thick Milkshakes are. It’s like nothing I’ve ever tasted! ,mmmmmmm,
Back at Bev’s, we all showered, Bev and I took “cat-naps” woke up refreshed and watched the tail end of the PGA at Whistling Straights. Too bad about the kid who grounded his club in the “sand trap”…..bitter lesson, but one he and others will not forget. That mistake will not be made again! Course looks pretty.
Dinner was a lovely cob salad Bev and I put together. Hey! We did a great job! I’d never made a cob salad before, this was great!
Saturday, Aug 14, day 10….
Headed out to the Wasatch Mountain State Park Golf Course; played the Lakes Course. Very nice. Hot. Played in 5 hours and 15 minutes. We started at 10:10am, right in the middle of the heat of the day, but we preserved and kept our concentration. Ace shot a 95, Buffe a 94.
We headed back to Bev’s, picked her up and headed up to h ear the Utah Symphony play Led Zepplin. Bev had packed us a “picnic” to long remember. Beautiful plastic wine goblets (and I do mean goblets!), which we filled up and began with Brie, roasted cherry tomatoes on French bread slices. Moving on to grilled chicken, a “medley” of roasted vegetables, and the remaining Vietnamese Salad (incredibly good). We had no room for the fresh fruit in lime juice and a sprig or two of mint……..
The symphony and singer and band did a very good job of playing and singing Led Zepplin. Lasted about 2 hours, and we headed home to bed.
Friday, Aug 13, day 9….
Dinosaur National Park. WOW. Parked the car, the shuttle took us the rest of the way to where the Ranger took us on a short hike up into the hills. Did I mention hot? Very interesting. Unfortunately, the main center facility which we could see from our hike, was closed. Supposed to open next year. Apparently back in the 50’s when they started building, they didn’t take the precautions they do with foundations especially considering the soil (bentenite I think it’s called, and not sure about that spelling either, I just ‘sounded’ it out and then spelled it). Anyways, the building started to sink. At this facility is the MAIN WALL of excavated dinosaur bones. They say it’s supposed to be quite something to see. On our hike, we saw exposed by wind etc. (not excavated) dinosaur bones, that was cool. The Ranger had visual aids, like little plastic dinosaurs, drawings, etc. Fun.
We then drove on the 22 mile auto-tour of this part of the park. We stopped at the Desert View / Voices hike. We left the river and headed up a draw for a mile. At the turning point we headed back, this time on the other side of the canyon / table / mesa (whatever it’s called, but in the foothills of the Uinta Mts) anyways, another 1 and ½ miles we ended back up at the car. We had lunch (which included an ice-cold light Coors, which tasted oh so lovely after that hike) then headed out for another entrance into Dinosaur Park. This was a 32 mile auto-tour that ended with a 2 mile hike along a ridge-back, through Pine and Pinyons, and hot sun. Overlooking the Yampa and Green Rivers. Hot. Boy was I glad to get back into an air-conditioned car! The view was like all the views you see down in Canyonlands, Escalante, Bridges, Dead Horse Mesa, etc country in Southern Utah.
Just at the entrance, there was an ice-cream place, yes, we had a couple of ice cream cones, then headed to Park City. Went through Steamboat Springs – man has it changed from when I was last here! VERY VERY NICE! Oh, we stopped here too for an ice cream cone, but instead had their milkshakes and malts. Did I say we were warm? Of course we were drinking tons of water too.
Arrived at Bev’s around 7pm – she had a lovely dinner planned and ready to throw on the grill. Flank steak wrapped in lettuce leaves with shredded carrot, Vietnamese Salad, it was tasty.
Thursday, Aug 12, day 8…..
Had breakfast with Joe, Dave and Becky at the Luxury Diner in Cheyenne. Then off to visit Mom in Windsor, Colorado. She kept falling asleep so we eventually left. As we headed out of town we stopped for soup and ½ sandwich. Then up into the Rockies and Vernal, Utah.
We got to Vernal and stayed at a non-descript motel, ordered in Chinese, read a little and went to bed. Tomorrow we were going to explore what we could of Dinosaur National Park. And do a little hiking too!
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