Last Hurrah

by Elizabeth & Gary's Magic Bus Tour

Hard to believe the summer has come and gone. Our last month was a mad dash to see friends, take favorite hikes, eat at favorite restaurants and see as many animals as possible – ONE MORE TIME before heading back to Scottsdale.

Loose Moose and Jenni’s Trails up at Park City Mountain Resort were calling. It was a beautiful day, so even friend Sally was convinced to join us – –

A favorite 4-mile loop with fantastic views of all of Park City;-)

After our success with Loose Moose it was decided to see if the construction at our favorite trailhead up in the Uinta’s was completed so that the trailhead parking was once again open. It was a very lucky day, as we had an escort just out of Kamas – – a moose cow and her calf – –

“Come on folks – this way to your hike at Wall Lake.”

It was VERY exciting to see all the construction signs down and a fantastic, HUGE new parking area for very popular hiking trails – especially the trail to Wall Lake (our favorite) and The Notch! It was especially great to see the parking area empty – a real bonus. One mile in Wall Lake appeared – as beautiful and serene as always. But, today the decision was to head to The Notch and see how far we could get.

Finally – a visit to Wall Lake, one of our Favorites in the Uintas.

Two miles and 600 vertical feet later – this was the view of Wall Lake. How much more beautiful can a day get?!?!

A very satisfying view of Wall Lake – from whence we came.

Back in Park City, much of our last few weeks were spent tracking Mama Moose and her two calves around our neighborhood. She really liked our area, which was a great delight for all of us.

More moose, this time in our neighborhood, a mom and two calves.

There were also several sets of Sand Hill cranes who roamed around the ‘hood’ and the Muni golf course. They really are majestic animals with the most intriguing sound.

Sand Hill cranes on the Park City Golf Course. They didn’t seem bothered by our presence at all.
The youngster on the left kept peeking around the tree at us.
We followed these two around our neighborhood.

There was also a group of young ‘bucks’ that hung around our ‘hood’ – even right off our deck!

The neighborhood stag party;-)

This summer was particularly delightful for us as the owners of the unit we rent replaced the deck AND bought a new grill for our use! How much better could it get?

Bye, bye PC for another year.

It was a perfect summer this year – and very hard to leave. BUT, a cruise from Amsterdam to Lisbon was calling and we needed to get going. Hope the summer was good for all of you and you look forward to the fall and holidays, which will soon be upon us.

More soon from Amsterdam. Take care and stay well – E & G, on our way again

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