Getting Out

It was a nice Sunday afternoon to take a drive along the Alpine Loop and see the fall colors in the mountains.  So nice, in fact, that everyone else in Utah County had the same idea and a two-lane road through the mountains became a two-lane parking lot.  We started on the American Fork Canyon side of the road and didn't get very far before giving up on the drive, finding a place to park on the side of the road, and just getting out for a little while.  It actually worked out well (except that one person had left the house without shoes) and we had a great time just hanging out and exploring.  I think I enjoyed it more than I would have if we'd just driven through.  Once we'd explored enough, we went back to the car and left the way we came.