I Love Autumn in Utah...

We rented a motor home and took the kids camping in the High Uinta mountains a couple of weekends ago.  Though I say "camping" it's not quite the traditional tent experience that I grew up knowing.  It was a rainy and cold weekend so having a dry place to retreat was very nice.  I felt bad for those around us toughing it out in tents.  Though it rained, we were able to find plenty of time to hike and fish.  Such a beautiful place.  It seemed everywhere we hiked we would find small, picturesque ponds like these.

Beautiful pond with lily's in it.

The Boy and Girl very much enjoyed the trip.

  The great thing about the weather was the lack of bugs.  The Uinta's can be notorious for bugs but because of the cool temps there were none.  I thought it was perfect.  Maybe we'll do it again next year.

Last week I was able to ride up Little Cottonwood from my office in Draper.  It was windy but otherwise perfect.

Alta waiting for more snow.

I've also been able to go on a few Infinite Team rides since Lotoja.  These are always fun for me as I don't get the chance to do many group rides.

Saturday, October 5th 2013.  Picture by Steven Perry.

I'm enjoying being on my bike and I'm trying to get in as much riding as I can before the weather turns.  But, this is the time of year that I start getting excited for skiing.  I convinced my wife and kids to go with me to the Teton Gravity Research's movie premier in downtown Salt Lake.  I really enjoyed it and I think my kids did too, at least until it got a little cold for them.  Still, they toughed it out and it had  me all excited for the snow.  We've had a couple of early snow storms in the mountains already but I don't put any stock into these as I know they will surely melt but come the end of this month, I will be praying for snow continually.

Waiting for the TRG film to start.