Roaming the Land of the 2002 Winter Olympics!

We love finding new routes--especially those that by-pass large cities, such as Salt Lake City! Traveling to Heber City from Fort Bridger fit that bill! Here is our route:

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We shall slip down through Provo Canyon tomorrow catching up with I-15 to continue our journey.

Mountains to our west have peaks as high as 11,750, with many ranging from 9000 to near that of Mt. Timpanogos at 11,750. To the east the peaks range from 9000 to 10,500. With the recent weather, you can see white clinging to the peaks--when the clouds clear enough to see past them! We do enjoy the mountains!

There is an Alpine Loop around Mt. Timpanogos to Timpanogos Cave National Monument that we just had to take!

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The weather was beautiful, allowing full view of Mother Nature's Fall Fashion Show! Two miles in on Utah 92 we passed Sundance. We tried our best to spot Robert, but had no luck. The road after Sundance became interesting! Just how we remembered it from about 40 years ago when we took the drive on a camping trip with friends from New Mexico! Here are some pictures--you can judge! Speed limit was 20 MPH. However, there were some who thought they were on the freeway in SLC! We were very careful!

And of course Mother Nature had dressed marvelously for us!

We got our passports stamped at the visitor's center at Timpanogos Cave, and explored the history. We left the cave exploration for another time! This past week end was the last weekend of the season for the visitor's center. We were glad we got a chance to visit! It was fun to explore as Lindy's mom visited the area frequently when she was in Business School in Salt Lake. From her letters she wrote her parents, she would go with some friends in December AFTER school! It had to be dark, and cold and snowy! Ummm, one wonders, like mother, like daughter....?!

Yesterday we drove up to Park City, and the Utah Olympic Park. Many of the venues for the 2002 Winter Olympics were held in this valley, Soldier Hollow just west of Heber City and the rest in and around Park City. Again, we were lucky finding ourselves "in between" seasons as this past weekend the summer activities wrapped up and winter activities do not begin until the first of November.

We watched some Aerial freestyle skiing practice! Fun! Check out this video:

Other pictures around Utah Olympic Park: