Park City, UT --- In the Rain

The Utah Lake State Park campground is kind of quiet and there’s not much to do here – it’s in a residential/farm-type area and there are no shops or restaurants to walk to.  So we thought we’d take a leisurely drive over to Park City and check out the town.  Unfortunately for us, the forecast gave a 50% chance of rain.

The drive over was pleasant, though.  There are so many state parks and other campground areas in this part of Utah that we probably could have camped anywhere. (I’d made reservations thinking that Memorial Day would be crowded, but with the weather our campground isn’t even very full).  Highway 189 follows the curves of a river (the Provo River, I think), and is very scenic – we saw a very pretty waterfall (Bridal Veil Falls) on the way out of town.

Once we got into Park City, it began to drizzle and there really wasn’t much we could do except hit the pub.  We had a tasty lunch at the Wasatch Brew Pub while we tried to wait out the rain.  Kevin accompanied his lunch with a light lager but I couldn’t resist ordering one called the “Polygamy Porter”.  As we ate our lunch, we watched helplessly out the window as the weather deteriorated and the rain started coming down in sheets.  It was disappointing because the main street of the town looked pretty neat and we would have liked to explore some of the shops.  We sat in the van for 45 minutes hoping it would let up but no avail.  Finally we called it, and headed for home. 

On a positive note, I believe we have now finally managed to escape the desert heat.  It’s supposed to get down to 40 degrees overnight here and with the rain it was definitely sweatshirt weather.  (Hats and scarves won’t be far behind, I imagine!)  Here’s a view through the windshield of the Wasatch Mountains covered in snow.  Chilly!