Hello, Hello! I'm so sorry for the absence! My computer needed to go to the infirmary because of a redirect virus, but it's back and better than ever. Let's see - where do I begin to catch you all up...it's been awhile.
I'll start with Labor Day Weekend. Brad had an opportunity to go on a fly fishing trip in Idaho with other doctors from the University Orthopaedic Center. He had a great time. He went out on Friday evening and caught a few fish (which were much bigger that what he is accustomed to) and he went out with a guide and floated on the Snake River on Saturday. Overall, it was a great fishing trip for him and I'm looking forward to when he takes me out.
While Brad was fishing, I had the opportunity to host my good friend from Cranford (my hometown). Bethany flew into SLC on Saturday and spent the day and night with me and then headed to Jackson Hole for her brother's wedding. We had a great afternoon catching up and had a wonderful dinner at the famous Mexican place in the area- the Red Iguana.
For the rest of the weekend, Brad and I relaxed and went for a few bike rides. Fortunately, we got offered tickets to go see Alison Krauss on Sunday night and we hit the jackpot! The concert was at Red Butte Gardens and it's basically all lawn seating. The tickets were for the VIP section and so that entailed VIP parking and hor d'ouevres, dinner and dessert - as well as, our pick of seating with lawn chairs. Brad and I didn't know what VIP entailed so we biked (all uphill) there and packed our own picnic, but we were happy to supplement our picnic with catered food from Whole Foods. The concert was amazing and we thoroughly enjoyed listening to Alison Krauss' amazing voice.
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| A view of Allison Krauss and Union Station at Red Butte Garden |
Although our work week was shortened, it was both intense, tiring, and long for both of us. My job required me to work from 5 am to 3:30 pm on Tuesday. I'm a morning person, but waking up before 5 am is just brutal! We were so happy once Friday came along and we celebrated by having a date night!
This weekend was relaxing and productive. It's doesn't get better than that! Brad and I got in a 30 mile ride and climbed 2800 ft on our bikes. Afterwards, we ran some errands and then settled in to watch Penn State football. Unfortunately, Penn State didn't play well, but it was a fun afternoon relaxing on the couch. After the PSU game, we listened to Utah football play USC. That was a competitive game, but unfortunately they didn't win either. At least Syracuse had a winning weekend! On Sunday, Brad and I went for a nice hike in the Wasatch Mountains. We hiked about 6 miles roundtrip and gained about 2300 ft. We saw three beautiful alpine lakes at the top of our hike. We ate our lunch on glacier-scratched rocks with a gorgeous view of Lake Blanche. We finished up our Sunday with a nice home cooked meal of scallops, green beans in a bacon cream sauce. Everything is better with bacon!!
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| A view of the Great Salt Lake from our hike. |
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| Rock slide! |
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| Lake Blanche! |
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| Lake Blanche's sister lakes - Lake Lillian and Lake Florence |
Other highlights from the past two weeks include Jill surpassing her 30-day work period which means she earned her discount. She gets to buy items from all of Backcountry's sites for a significant discount. She also has a Bro Code discount to give out to anyone which is wholesale cost + 40% so if any of your Blog Readers would like it, just send us an email/text/FB post. Brad found out his abstract he submitted to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery was accepted! So he gets to present his paper at the conference in San Francisco in February (and hopefully I'll be tagging along!). Brad has also been doing a lot of work on sending out his CV and applying for jobs. It's a stressful situation, but it will be really nice to find out where we will be living next Aug/Sept.
Coming up this week, Brad and I will be deciding on whether we will be buying ski passes this winter. We also signed up for an orientation to Reformer Pilates (we have a reformer in our house and we are both looking forward to learning how to use it). We also will be attending a Welcome to the City hosted by Bates. Jill hopes to meet up with some fellow Batesies. A lot of good stuff is headed our way! Thanks for following our adventures and stay tuned for Brad's post - he claims he will write a blog post one of these days! :)
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| Our reformer!!! |
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