Valley Blahs
Published January 24, 2007 by CabledSheep
The weather forecast projects highs in the low 30’s for the next week. Well, I guess that’s an improvement from the 20’s. One of the bad things about living in the Salt Lake valley in the winter is the inversions. The cold air in the valley gets trapped by warmer air above, trapping in all of the smog and haze. We’re lucky if we can even see the mountains through all the crap. But the good thing about the valley is that when we do have inversions, it means there’s better weather and beautiful blue skies in the mountains, just a short drive away. So when it gets too ugly down here, it’s easy to get out of it for a while. I was so sick of the inversion last weekend that I suggested to my husband that we go up Big Cottonwood Canyon and have brunch at Silver Fork Lodge. Big Cottonwood is my favorite of all of the canyons along the valley. The terrain is quite different from its nearby neighbors, because it was formed by a glacier instead of a river. Although we go up the canyon several times a year, I hadn’t eaten at Silver Fork for probably around 8 years, and my husband had never been there. Every time Margene would blog about it, I’d remember how nice it was.
So off we went Sunday morning, and not surprisingly, there were Margene and Smith, finishing their breakfast. They invited us to join them, which we did. We had a nice chat, and got to enjoy Utah’s beautiful blue skies for a while before heading back into the sludge. Good food, friendly conversation, and beautiful scenery. What more could you ask for? So here’s some of that lovely sky, and the aforesaid Margene taking a picture of me taking a picture of her taking a picture of me… or, er, something like that.
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Cabled Sheep lives in Salt Lake City, Utah, where she enjoys knitting and munching veggies out of the garden.
I love Silver Fork in the winter when the fire is roaring.
And the fire WAS roaring! It was a nice day in the mountains. I hear it’s in the 40s up there this week. Must make another trip!
Haven’t been there for ages, must go again soon. We used to live just up the road (just above the snowboard shop) and were in there all the time.