An Autumnal Visit

A week ago today, Friday 16 October, Debby Gibbs flew up from Texas for a quick fall-leaf visit. Kris, Katy, and Allison (who came to Provo on Thursday) picked Debby up in SLC and spent the afternoon doing exactly what they wanted. That evening Deb joined us for group dinner at Boyntons.

Saturday morning, after a pancake breakfast, we piled in the Pilot and drove around the Alpine Loop for a look at the fall leaves. It was still breathtakingly beautiful on the backside of Timpanogos. The day was crystal-clear and the colors were spectacular. We drove out of American Fork Canyon and proceeded up over Traverse Ridge to Draper and thence on to The Broadway Center Theater for a screening of September Issue, the fly-on-the-wall documentary about Anna Wintour, editor of Vogue. It was well done, entertaining, and was particularly appealing to a group of Project Runway aficionados. Returning to Provo, we picked up Chelsea Gibbs and headed to P712 for a delicious supper. We finished the evening with yet another movie at the new Orem Cinemark: Where the Wild Things Are. It was a mind bender and most certainly not really intended for children (although Katy thinks they would like it at some level). It was certainly well-filmed and acted, and to my delight, had no silly, stupid, infantile manipulation of the story, for which Hollywood is famous -- The Polar Express comes to mind.

The rest of the week was spent visiting, shopping (not me man), and eating: with the compound FHE group, with Phillip and Family, at La Casita, and at the Bombay House. We were joined at La Casita by Chelsea Gibbs and Brian Brown. Each evening we watched a few installments of Little Dorrit. We dropped Deb off at the airport this morning and we are now home alone because Katy is in Las Vegas with Allison Gibbs at the U2 concert. The house is quiet, peaceful, and lonely, but that mood will most likely pass.

Upper Falls in Provo Canyon

Provo Peak (probably named for our ward)
looms above Sundance ski runs

Stewart's Cirque on the back side of Timp

Debby, Allison, and Katy

The Timpooneke side of Timpanogos

View of Timp from the top of American Fork Canyon,
just below the summit of the Alpine Loop

Fall leaves in American Fork Canyon

Spectacular fall colors

Grace Coddington rocks

P712

What does it mean?

La Capizza

Thanks for coming Debra Sue. We had a great time but now all we have to look forward to is Halloween.

OXO

D.