Saturday, December 3, 2011

Wasatch Back

This morning early as I walked along Center Street in downtown Provo, I felt a strong urge to eat at La Casita and thought to myself that we should call Rod and Vicki to see if they would like to go, too. Returning from Sister Marble's (our next-door neighbor) funeral shortly after noon, the phone rang. It was Rod asking if we would like to drive to Heber Valley to visit a new artisan cheese maker they saw featured in a recent edition of Sunset. Naturally, we were game and the result was a terrific day along the Wasatch Back.

Rod and Vic, proud owners of this spiffy new R-pod

It was a spectacular day with incredible views of
the mountain that I love

Rod, Vic, and Kris

Cheese, Grommit!

The cheese source

Mighty Timpanogos from the cheese shop
on the River Road in Midway

A side trip to Wallsburg

The Wasatch Mountains seen from the
Wasatch Back near Wallsburg

More of the same on a wonderful winter afternoon

We finished a very fun day at La Casita. After Rod and I retire in September, I hope there will be many more such days enjoying this wonderful state where we are blessed to live.

That's all for now.

OXO

D.

4 comments:

Bill Hastings said...

The mountains truly are spectacular. That second picture is amazing!

Anna said...

What fun. Seriously. And I'll take a watercolor of the second pic. Thanks (it's worth a try :)
How was the cheese?

David and Kris Taylor said...

Anna:

The cheese is good. We bought some Swiss, raw-milk cheddar (haven't tried it yet but, it is supposed to be very creamy), and some juustalipa. That is a Finnish cheese that you can grill or toast and it keeps it shape. I do love cheese and quite excited to try them all.

D.

Maren said...

Looks like an amazingly beautiful outing!