Weekly Newsletter: June 3rd-9th, 2024
- Written by Keith Huster
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- 6 min read
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- Last updated 2 months ago
We are back from our beach vacation to Gulf Shores, Alabama! ๐๏ธ We have so much to catch you all up on...
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Guardsman Pass opened for the summer ๐ ๐๏ธ
The Guardsman Pass Scenic Backway officially opened for summer travel! Guardsman Pass is a beautiful scenic alpine road that crosses over the top of Big Cottonwood Canyon. This road connects the town of Brighton (on the west side of the Wasatch Mountains) to Park City and Midway (on the east side of the Wasatch Mountains).
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Gallery of making our way up Big Cottonwood Canyon towards Guardsman Pass Road
Guardsman Pass does not receive any winter maintenance so it is closed throughout most of the winter and early spring. The road is typically opened around Memorial Day weekend each year. We love driving this route and it is on our must-do list for new visitors to our beautiful state. This year was the first time we were around to see the road opened with an abundance of snow still in the area. This made the scenic drive even more incredible.
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Gallery of our drive along Guardsman Pass Road to Park City, UT
We stopped for lunch at Tarahumara in Park City. This restaurant offers delicious homemade Mexican dishes along with an amazing salsa and hot sauce bar. The food was so good that we both ended up eating way too much.
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Gallery of our lunch at Tarahumara in Park City
To counteract the overeating, we headed to a local park in Heber City to walk off some of our lunch. This was such a great way to spend the day!
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Gallery of our walk around Heber City, UT and our drive back home
Time for some spring cleaning ๐งน ๐ท
It's that time of the year again, time for spring cleaning! We always have a lot of dust, spider webs, and Mayflies that cover our front and back porch around this time of the year. In past years, Keith has used a simple extension rod and dusting head to clean the porches as best as he could. However, this year he stepped it up a notch by purchasing a small, electric Ryobi pressure washer. The pressure washer made short work of the cleanup job.
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Gallery of Keith pressure washing our back patio with his new Ryobi electric pressure washer
While Keith was in the cleaning mood, he also gave his mountain bike a much-needed wash. This cleaning was necessary as he will take his bike to the professional bike fitting at Peak State Fit next week.
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Gallery of Keith cleaning his mountain bike to prepare for his professional bike fitting next week
Beach vacation in Gulf Shores, Alabama ๐๏ธ ๐ซ
This week was a special one... we celebrated Lindsey's mom's 70th birthday at the beach in Gulf Shores, Alabama! ๐ฅณ ๐ We stayed with Lindsey's mom and Lindsey's sister and her family at the beautiful Oasis (formerly Phoenix West II) condo on Orange Beach. This trip was full of highlights including parasailing, a sunset sailboat tour, and wonderful days at the beach. The trip also had its share of lowlights including an unexpected overnight stay in Dallas, TX. ๐ฆ This trip is worthy of a full post so, for now, you can enjoy a sampling of the photos.
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Gallery of some of the highlights from our family vacation to Gulf Shores, Alabama
After returning home to Utah, we weren't quite ready to give up the vacation life yet. So, this weekend, we treated ourselves to some fancy coffee at Culture Coffee and had some amazing ice cream at Brooker's Founding Flavors. Now, we actually need to start getting ready for the work week ahead. ๐ฅ
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Gallery of our coffee and ice cream treats as we prepare to return to our normal, non-vacation lives
Upcoming posts and videos ๐ทโ ๐ทโโ๏ธ๏ธ
Lindsey has wrapped up the series of posts on Yi's visit to Utah. We have several prior trips that we haven't yet shared so be sure to subscribe to our blog if you haven't done so already. We will also be putting together a full blog post about our trip to Gulf Shores, Alabama.
We hope that you are enjoying our newsletters. Do you have any summer vacation plans? Where are your favorite beach vacation destinations? Let us know in the comments section below.๐ ๐ฌ