Well, here we are in Boulder, Alie's new home. The drive yesterday was AWESOME!!! We woke up early on Tuesday at our hotel in Hurricane, Utah and headed for the nearby Zion National Park. We have so many fantastic pictures of rocks. Lots of rocks! and tunnels through rocks, trees on rocks, us standing on rocks, and water flowing over rocks. Check 'em out here. We could've spent days exploring the park, but sadly only spent an hour or so as we had a long day ahead on the road...
Our long day on the road flew by with gorgeous views, good company, and road atlas trivia. You may now quiz us on any official state nicknames, state capitals, and the rank of the top ten largest states.
We were welcomed last night by our gracious host and fellow former New Englander, Keith Jennings. After immediately passing out for a good night's sleep, we woke up to a day of beautiful Colorado sunshine. We went for an exploratory bike ride around town, met up with Mike Cody for part of our ride, and cooked dinner at Mike's place afterwards.
That's about it! So far Boulder is GREAT. We like it a lot. Tomorrow we welcome OLIIIIII and we can't wait for a fun weekend reunion :)
Miles Ridden Today: 31
Miles Ridden 2008: 1,471
5 comments:
Yay!
Awesome shots. Thanks for putting them up before crashing.
Watch that CO sun, its nastier than CA sun.
Okay ... what are all the nicknames for Utah?
The captcha image below says "ingwbly", which I take to be a close approximation of "in the wobbly", which is how I feel after spending 6+ years in this silly state now.
As the owner of what I think are the only two RS bikes in UT, people passing in close proximity get my attention.
I'm gonna have to beat on Richie for not telling me about the blog, though.
Utah is the beehive state. That's about all I know, since our atlas didn't list flowers or birds. but, i'm interested so i'll look them up!...
...okay I'm back.
Utah's state flower is the Sego Lily, and the state bird is the California Gull... I guess Utah doesn't have any good birds of it's own? however, Alie said she saw a bald eagle on our drive through Utah, so the A-Team would beg to differ on that one.
Man, CO must be awesome, 2 days and no posts.... :-(
Utah is also known as Zion and Deseret ... mainly by the predominant local culture.
There are gulls galore on the Great Salt Lake, and it's the state bird because the birds "saved" the Mormon pioneers during a massive infestation of Rocky Mountain crickets which were destroying crops.
The beehive is supposed to come from the industry/self-reliance the Mormon pioneers had to practice because of a lack of other resources.
It has nothing to do with the hairstyles of many of the older citizens of the state (despite what you might think from looking at them).
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