This past Sunday we went out for lunch and decided to go for a drive that ended up being much longer than anticipated. This pass links five ski resorts and is, of course, closed in winter and during rainstorms in summer. Sorry, this was an unplanned trip so I didn’t have the camera with me.
The turns and road conditions gave me pause and made for some white-knuckle driving conditions. Jim took over at the bottom of the pass until we got down to the valley. I was a few inches from a 2,000 foot drop with no shoulder an no guardrails. So my white-knuckle moments were when HE was driving!
But the views over the Uintas and the Wasatch range were spectacular and this was one of the final weekends to make the trip before the snows force closure until summer 2011. We went up to 9,700 feet above sea level, above the tree line, and there’s actually a valley a few hundred feet below populated by firs and aspens, and the aspens were a shockingly bright yellow in the sunlight.
I am continually amazed at the gorgeous country in which we live. We have looked at homes here with no view, one actually in a basement (who could live in a large home in a basement in the mountains?) and looking out at anything less than what we see now is unthinkable. Ah well, now it comes down to what one can afford…. Cheers, Dee.
Cooking with Dee 