What do you do when you’ve already accomplished an amazing weekend? It’s a good question to have to ask, a good problem to have. And it’s what faced Elizabeth and myself in Provo on November 19, 2023. We’d already been to Mount Timpanogos. We’d already hiked the Y Trail. We’d seen BYU’s campus and witnessed …
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Utah 2023: The OU/BYU Game
Saturday, November 18, 2023 dawned early for me. In fairness, it dawned early for everyone in Provo, because that’s what a 10:00 am local time kickoff does to a person. It took a little time to rouse Elizabeth from bed because she was still so worn out from my birthday the day before. Our AirBNB …
Utah 2023: The Y
It’s a western thing: writing a letter into a nearby mountainside where it can be seen for miles and miles around. I’ve seen them before (especially in my family’s 2016 trip to southern Utah), but none so large as the Y on the east side of Provo. At 380 feet tall, the Y is longer …
Utah 2023: Timpanogos
Grey light filtered into the bedroom. For someone who spends as many nights as I do in different beds than my own, it was still a jolt to look around and try to remember where I was. After a moment, it flooded back: I was in an AirBNB in Provo, Utah, and today was my …
Utah 2023: Day 1
Author’s note: Yes, I realize that I have like 5 different blog series going on right now. They’ll get done when they get done. Fortunately, Elizabeth and I have no major travel plans in 2024 so far, so maybe I can get caught up. I’m 26 years old now! Closer to 30 than 20, managing …
