Catch of the Day

Mom: Aaagh! Falling bicycles!

Dad: And from 200 feet, too.

Winter Signs

One day when Nichole didn't have school at the school building, Jeremy, Jet, Nichole, and I went out to Mt Timpanogos Park to look for a bird. We didn't find that particular bird but we saw other things. There was a squirrel standing upright on a rock for an awful long time. Nichole was able to get pictures of a Downy woodpecker that landed in a tree close by.

We walked one direction through the park then walked back along the Provo River Parkway. When we got to the bridge that crosses to Canyon View Park, Jeremy pointed out the sign next to it.

Jeremy: You can tell they put this sign up in the Winter.

Kristin: Canyon View Park. Brrrr.

Kristin: And they were too cold to put the rest of the Rs on it.

Later, as we continued walking along the trail, we came to another bridge with a sign.

Kristin: Timpanogos Park. Brrr.

Jeremy: I'm telling you, it gets really cold here in the Winter.

After that, it became a "thing" to find other "Winter" signs. There are quite a few of them that can be found along/near the Provo River Parkway, but only in the canyon. I made a point to look for them as I made my trek along the trail.

I had to go back to get pictures from the first part of the trail since I had already walked it before this experience and didn't know to look for the signs.

When Jet and I were waiting for Jeremy to pick us up after our walk from Bridal Veil Falls to Canyon Glen Park (see previous post), we walked around the park. We crossed a couple of bridges that had "Winter" signs. One sign said "Canyon Glen Park Lower. Brrr." The other said "Canyon Glen Park Middle. Brrr." We walked all over the park but I just couldn't find an "Upper" sign. It wasn't until the next section of the Parkway when my suspicions were confirmed. "Canyon Glen Park Upper. Brrr" was above the park as part of the trail itself. I had left the trail where it first connected with the park (it connected in a few different places) so I missed the sign the first time.

Note: Since we went looking for Winter signs, a fire started that went into Provo Canyon and burned a lot of area in there. So please enjoy the pictures on my blog from before the fire.

Tacos and Beyond

Here's what I learned in elementary school: When you're talking about money, the dollar and cent symbols go in different places next to the numbers. The cent symbol goes after the number. The dollar symbol goes before the number. For example, if something costs 99 cents, you would put either 99¢ or $.99
Imagine my surprise then, when we moved to our current home, we saw a local taco place waving their sign next to the road

and a few months later, they had banners to advertise.

This went on for years. They even got a new sign for waving next to the road.

Have I been mistaken all these years or is this just a new way of doing dollars and cents I didn't know about?

Inspirational Thought

The other day I was driving down Geneva Road to go walking with my sister-in-law at a park. I passed a sign that said the following and I wanted to share it:

The only people you should get "even" with are those who have helped you.