Last Friday, we went down to Salt Lake to watch the Tour of Utah bicycle race. Mark has been following the coverage of the race every night on one of the local stations, so I convinced him we should go down and watch it live. The Salt Lake circuit is a repeat of the course they did in 2011 when we lived downtown (click here for my post on it). Things certainly have changed since then. We went and visited our old landlords before the race. They were sitting out in front of their house, since they live right on the course. Then we walked down and watched the five different laps from various spots along the course. My favorite spot was right along the curve when the switch from South Temple to State Street. Afterwards, we went to City Creek Mall for dinner, where Matthew scared us half to death by wandering off from the playground. Luckily a nice lady saw that he was lost and watched over him until we found him. I absolutely need to write a complaint to the mall. Who makes a large children's play area with a small back door that even a two year old can open? But everything ended up fine, and it was an enjoyable evening.
Matthew waiting for the race to start
Hannah
Watching the bikes come around the curve
Matthew watching the race
Me
Hannah and I
Matthew playing at City Creek Mall
That's cool. I see the bicyclists are using cyclocross tires, so it must have some off-road segments too. Sounds pretty cool!
ReplyDeleteBy the way, does Mark bike much? We should ride next time we get together!