Day 20-Tues., 5/27/08 - Today was the day that we were going to just spend time and hang out with Jason. We woke up to a beautiful day. Jason rode his bike down to the hotel. After a breakfast at Carl Jr. we hopped on the bikes and headed out of the Sugar House district. Jason lead us along the Wasatch Mountains. Snow peaked giants loomed in the distance. We stopped at a scenic restaurant that Jason has worked at before. Brick streets twined up to a English tutor cottage with peacocks and hanging flowers. A swan floated in a little lake nearby. It was something out of a Thomas Kincaid painting! Gorgeous!
From there we continued along the mountain ridge with horse filled fields lining the road. We came to a canyon with signs pointing toward Snowbird Ski Resort. Jason headed his bike toward the canyon and we followed. Soon we were riding along a swollen white water stream until the road began to climb and we left the water behind. The mountains we had seen in the distance before with snow on top became our neighbors to the right and left. The road was dry but the snow was everywhere else. The temperature began to drop also. At the top of the mountain was the ski resort. We took some pictures of the bikes with the snow in the background and then we we into the resort. Jason showed us where he had worked and we also met Greg in the Christy Store. The ski slopes were so steep and massive. When we left the resort and started down the mountain the ride down was fun! We continued along the ridge and stopped to meet Roz, a hang glider friend of Jasons.
Then the three of us jumped on I-15 for a short few exits until we saw the brown signs of the park service. Jason lead us to the Timpanogos Cave National Monument. There we watched the movie and learned about the area and the three caves. It was beautiful up in the mountain.
After we left Timpanogos and started the trek home we stopped by the Yamaha dealer for a short shopping spree, we also stopped at Best Buy for them to look at my laptop, (I'd like to report that Ted and the techie guy were successful at bringing my laptop back from the brink), and then Ted, Jason, and I went to the Paradise for supper. It was like a Panera's in Florida. Soup and sandwich, it tasted good.
By this time it was late and we bid each other a good night with plans for the morning. Jason was a wonderful tour guide. We had a great time!
Miles - 103
U-turns - With Jas? - way too many!
Highest elevation - 8,104 (Snowbird)
Highest/Lowest temperature - 66/52 (Snowbird)
Highest gas we paid - $3.83 (SLC)
Oh My Gosh - numerous
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